Dichotomy in contracted airlines
Mar 7, 2016, 10:38 pm
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Dichotomy in contracted airlines
So I was trawling through my state's travel offices policies (yeah, I read govt procurement bids for fun. Don't judge), and I noticed a odd mix of contracted airlines; porter, AA/US, JetBlue, southwest, and.... Emirates. Why Emirates, I have no idea, since the middle East isn't somewhere you'd imagine a state employee visiting.
Has anyone else noticed a weird mix of preferred or contracted carriers?
Has anyone else noticed a weird mix of preferred or contracted carriers?
Mar 8, 2016, 2:09 am
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So I was trawling through my state's travel offices policies (yeah, I read govt procurement bids for fun. Don't judge), and I noticed a odd mix of contracted airlines; porter, AA/US, JetBlue, southwest, and.... Emirates. Why Emirates, I have no idea, since the middle East isn't somewhere you'd imagine a state employee visiting.
Has anyone else noticed a weird mix of preferred or contracted carriers?
Has anyone else noticed a weird mix of preferred or contracted carriers?
Pretty sure it depends on the state's regular routes and preferred airlines for those routes.
Mar 8, 2016, 4:27 am
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Yup, its as Skywardhunter pointed out. Because Jet Blue won the most recent federal contract to Dubai and they codeshare to Emirates. Rather silly to award a contract to an airline not flying to a long haul destination themselves but it somehow happened.
Sounds like your state is following the federal contract.
Sounds like your state is following the federal contract.