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Checking in on BermudAir and Its New Sister AnguillAir
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More than two years ago, I asked, who the heck is BermudAir? The airline has actually been flying for more than two years now, and before the holidays I had the chance to talk with…
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It’s Time to Appreciate The New Southwest
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Today on The Air Show podcast, we released an interview with Southwest COO Andrew Watterson and CFO Tom Doxey. You should listen to that, but I decided to write a companion piece to give some…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Earnings Roll In, United Launches the Next Attack
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AA’s Close to 2025 Could Have Been Worse, but Not by Much American’s Q4 and 2025 earnings were released this week and the airline skated by with a razor thin profit of $99 million for…
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Cincinnati and the Ghosts of Comair
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If Memphis was Northwest’s way of getting geographically beyond its core hubs, Cincinnati did the same thing for Delta but in reverse. Delta was already strong in the south with the impenetrable Atlanta hub, but…
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United To Take Chicago by Force, Will Hit 750 Peak Day Departures
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What a difference a day makes. After writing about the escalating war between United and American yesterday, United has decided it is done messing around. The airline is announcing this morning that it is adding…
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The War Between American and United Continues to Escalate
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It’s been awhile since we’ve had a good, old-fashioned, knock-down war between two airlines, but sure enough it seems that we are in the early stages of that very thing between American and United. This…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: American Continues Quest for Chicago, United’s Very Profitable Year
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American Takes Direct Aim at United One day after United CEO Scott Kirby said his airline will match any growth by American at their shared Chicago/ORD hub, AA called his bluff announcing flights to three…
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Delta Keeps Getting Bigger With B787-10 Order
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It had been rumored for a long time, but Delta finally made it official during its recent earnings call when it said it had ordered 30 Boeing 787-10s with options for 30 more. On the…
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United’s Hiring of Former American CCO Is Wise, Not Spite
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You may have heard that news that former American Chief Commercial Officer Vasu Raja has been hired by United Airlines to temporarily run its Kinective Media group as part of a larger shake-up in loyalty.…
