August 2010
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Continental, DCA – Washington/National, Delta, LGA – New York/La Guardia, Mergers/Finance, United, US Airways
Feds Inflict Far Less Pain on Continental and United Than Attempted with the US Airways/Delta Slot Swap
In the immortal words of Dennis Hopper (rest in peace, you crazy bastard) . . . pop quiz, hotshot. Let’s say that…
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Southwest To Fly to Newark Thanks to United/Continental Merger
On Friday afternoon, Southwest announced it came to an agreement with Continental to lease 36 slots at Newark. Holy crap. Has hell…
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Alaska Airlines, American, BNET, Continental, Horizon, Mergers/Finance, Safety/Security, United, US Airways
Cranky on the Web (August 21-27)
Some feel blue as United, Continental wedding mixes old, new – Chicago Tribune The Trib looks at the United/Continental branding efforts, and…
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Travel Tools I (Might) Love: Hipmunk
If you haven’t heard of Hipmunk, it’s no surprise. The site only launched in the last couple of weeks, but it’s off…
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David Neeleman on What’s Wrong with JetBlue and How to Fix It (Across the Aisle, Part 3)
And now, it’s time to talk JetBlue. When I read a recent article where David Neeleman talked about JetBlue, I thought he…
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David Neeleman on Azul’s Decision to Use Embraers and ATR Turboprops (Across the Aisle, Part 2)
Welcome back for part two of my talk with David Neeleman, founder of JetBlue and now current founder and CEO of Azul…
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David Neeleman on Building an Airline in Fast-Growing Brazil (Across the Aisle, Part 1)
I had the pleasure of speaking with David Neeleman last week on a variety of subjects. David is best known for founding…
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Mexicana Surpasses Alitalia as the Worst Airline Ever
Today is an historic day. For the first time in years, Alitalia is no longer the worst airline ever. Mexicana’s slow and…
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Cranky on the Web (August 16-20)
Weak July Traffic Shows Allegiant Lost Altitude – BNET Headwinds Allegiant saw weaker traffic numbers in July. It’s not what you expect…
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Qatar Airways on Codesharing and Competition (Across the Aisle, Part Two)
Yesterday in part one of my discussion with Qatar Airways Senior VP of the America Tony Hughes, we were just getting warmed…
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Discussing Qatar Airways Strategy, and How to Pronounce Its Name (Across the Aisle, Part One)
I had the chance to speak with Qatar Airways’ Tony Hughes recently and had a fascinating conversation. Tony is the Senior VP…
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Cranky Concierge Adds Small Business Program, More Discounts, and Our Newest Concierge
I haven’t written about Cranky Concierge much here lately, but things have been going quite well. We’ve just finished a banner week…