Meet Arrow: New private jet club looks to launch service between Seattle and Bay Area

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No lines. No security. No airport parking fees. And, yes, you can even bring your vanilla latte on board. Here comes Arrow, a new private jet club that’s looking to connect busy professionals in Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area. Let’s just call it … the nerd bird. Founded by aviation geek Russell Belden… Read More…

Next IT’s virtual travel agent aids airlines without the human touch

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You may have already come across “Jenn” at Alaskaair.com or “Alex” at United.com, the virtual travel agents that help consumers gets answers to their travel questions. Now, the company behind those virtual agents, Spokane’s Next IT, is rolling out a more powerful offering dubbed ActiveAgent for Airlines that is designed to more quickly answer questions… Read More…

Introducing TrayVu: This airline tray doubles as an inflight entertainment system

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Back in 2003, I wrote a story about an Alaska Airlines baggage handler-turned-entrepreneur by the name of Bill Boyer who created a new electronic entertainment system called the digEplayer. That device has remained mainstay on Alaska Airlines flights, with GeekWire columnist Frank Catalano reviewing the newest version after testing it on a recent flight. Boyer’s company… Read More…