2016
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Some Have a Real Impact While Others Don’t, But Aviation Emission Reduction Efforts are Picking Up Steam
It’s been far too long since I’ve written about aviation and the environment, so today seemed like a good day to catch…
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Flying Main Cabin Extra One Way and First Class the Other on an American A321 (Trip Report)
About a month ago, Salesforce.com asked if I’d be willing to come speak at an event they were holding for a small…
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Why Does Congress Keep Trying to Over-Regulate Airlines?
It seems like every week, as of late, there’s a new proposed bill coming out of Congress that tries to slap over-reaching…
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3 Links I Love: United’s Board Room Brawl, Amazon Airlines, Alaska’s Eclipse Flight
This week’s featured link: And it Turned in to a Boardroom Blitz – Wandering Aramean I was debating writing a full post…
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Self-Cleaning Toilets Sound Great, But Why Not the Entire Airplane?
Has everyone heard about Boeing’s so-called self-cleaning lavatory prototype? Sounds great, but there’s some false advertising here. (It doesn’t actually clean itself.…
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Walking the New Connector Between Terminal 4 and the Bradley Terminal at LAX
One of the big issues at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the inability to make connections between terminals without having to…
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Airlines Fight to Be Able to Lose Money in Cuba
It’s been a long time coming, but the thawing relations between the US and Cuba have finally borne fruit for the airline…
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Cranky on the Web: Fare Increases, Cuba
Airlines have raised fares 3 times this year, but with little impact – Travel Weekly Airlines have increased fares a few times…
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3 Links I Love: Brazilian Airlines Get a Lifeline, Cleveland Bounces Back, Tenerife Interview
This week’s featured link: Brazil to raise foreign ownership in local airlines – Reuters Brazil is in a world of hurt. The…
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CEO of Turkish Airlines Goes Across the Aisle To Discuss Gulf Carriers and Partnerships (Part 2)
On Tuesday, I posted part 1 of my conversation with Temel Kotil, CEO of Turkish Airlines. Today we finish that discussion. Cranky:…
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Across the Aisle from the CEO of Turkish Airlines About Tremendous Growth and Airport Constraints (Part 1)
A couple weeks ago, the CEO of Turkish Airlines, Temel Kotil, was in Boston to speak at Harvard Business School. No, I…
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Republic Goes Bankrupt And I Wonder If It’ll Survive the Process
The long, drawn out descent of Republic Airways continues. The company, which flies as a regional feeder for American, Delta, and United,…