Tag: Start-Up

Start-Up

Why we started an airline during a pandemic

By Francesca Street, CNN  For many airlines, 2020 has been a precarious year -- with carriers navigating not just how to keep employees and passengers safe, but also how to avoid bankruptcy and layoffs as the pandemic grinds global air traffic to a halt. No one, you'd think, would risk star...

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Start-up Airsiders simplifies connecting flights for passengers

Never miss a connecting flight again - this is made possible by Airsiders, the youngest start-up that emerged from the independent company builder Beam. Together with Beam, BEUMER Group wants to solve unique logistics problems in cooperation with start-up teams. Yavuz Karadag and Ashraf Al-Eryani ha...

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Airline Start-Up Wants British Airways’ Retired Boeing 747

By Sofia Marrero, airwaysmag.com Upon the retirement of British Airways’ (BA) Boeing 747, start-up Avatar Airlines offered BA a 22% stake in exchange for its used jumbo jets. The founder of the start-up, Barry Michaels, already ventured into the “Family Airlines” idea. This includes the laun...

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20 Years After JetBlue, David Neeleman’s Next Airline Start-Up, Breeze Airways

David Neeleman’s much discussed airline start-up, known until today by the placeholder title “Moxy,” has an official name:  Breeze Airways. The company, currently applying for its airline operating certificate with the Federal Aviation Administration and US Department of Transportation, hope...

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