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Stephen Stapczynski Verified account @SStapczynski · Oct 26

The US shale gas boom in action

👉 European TTF gas prices: $31/mmbtu
👉 Asian LNG prices: $32/mmbtu

🇺🇸 US Henry hub benchmark: $2.6/mmbtu

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Runway Girl Verified account @RunwayGirl · Oct 22

HOUSTON — United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has a lofty goal: “to build the best airline in the history of aviation.” And today, as he welcomed guests to a preview of the new Terminal B North Concourse at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, and the massive new United Club housed within, he didn’t mince words about how United will make good on this vision.

“We’re maniacally focused on making air travel great for customers, making it easy,” Kirby told United employees, high-status loyalty members, local dignitaries, and members of the media who attended the event.

“And for so long in aviation, people thought of air travel as a commodity. I do not think air travel is a commodity. I think we owe you, our customers, a good experience,” he declared, while flanked by a dazzling digital light installation, The Digital Bayou, at the heart of the new concourse.

United’s work to offer a world-class inflight passenger experience is well documented: it is installing Panasonic seatback IFE screens across its mainline fleet, complementing its already-fitted widebodies; going fleet-wide with SpaceX’s Starlink Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satcom solution to power free Wi-Fi for loyalty members (more than 640 aircraft are equipped); and it’s even integrating Starlink with the screens to offer deeper personalization. The airline’s new Polaris and Polaris Studio doored mini-suites are also winning passenger accolades, and business traveler awards.

But Kirby wants to go further. “I want your vacation to start when you arrive at your departure airport,” he said today at IAH, which serves as a key United hub and premier gateway for Latin America and Caribbean traffic.

To that end, as part of a 33-month project to replace the 1969-era Terminal B, IAH’s new Terminal B North Concourse has been thoughtfully designed for the modern traveler.

The on-the-ground experience represents a key passenger touchpoint, and an opportunity for United to set a good impression before a traveler steps on board. And that’s where the mammoth new United Club at Terminal B North Concourse comes in.

They say that everything is bigger in Texas. And this space definitely fits the bill. Roughly the size of a football field, the 54,000 sq ft facility is the largest airline club in the Americas, and features multiple distinct zones. Here's a first look inside both the concourse and the new United Club.
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