July 2017
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72 Hours With Alaska: Introduction to the Milk Run and Getting to Anchorage
It’s been awhile since I posted the preview of my Milk Run adventure, but now it’s finally time to dig in. Enjoy…
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It’s Vacation Time, But You Won’t Miss Me
I’m going on vacation. Actually, by the time you read this, I’ll already be on a beach starting the longest vacation I’ve…
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Cramming More Seats on Airplanes? That’s Not Always Bad
There has been a lot of buzz around the word “densification” in the airline industry. Usually, when the finance and revenue teams…
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The Consultants Have Won: Air France’s New Airline is Named Joon
When I hear the words “millenials,” “connected,” “international,” and “electric” used in the same press release, I start to feel ill. And…
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3 Links I Love: Near Misses, Frontier Unhinged, Darwin Un-Etihaded, Norwegian Unprofitable
This week’s featured link: NTSB: Air Canada close-call at SFO was even worse than first reported – San Jose Mercury News Any…
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At Least Three Trends and a Lot of Noise in Frontier’s Massive New Route Announcement
It looks like we have a new winner in the “most insane number of new cities/routes announced in a day” category. On…
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Just A Miserable Day of Travel (Trip Report)
There’s an annual trip I do with my cousin and brother’s family up to Sonoma to honor my late cousin Danny, but…
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Sun Country’s New CEO Could Remake the Airline, If Things Go Well
Unless you live in Minneapolis, there’s a good chance you don’t even know the name Sun Country. But sure enough, after more…
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Cranky on the Web: Buying Seats So They Can Be Resold
United considers a new system to resell your seat for a higher price – CNN.com There seems to be a lot of…
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3 Links I Love: Banning Filming On Airplanes, GLO Shuts Down, Israel and Saudi Arabia Warm Up
This week’s featured link: Fliers’ right to video gets push from recent airline incidents – Atlanta Journal-Constitution There’s a very interesting case…
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Why United Might Like to Pay You in Advance to Take a Different Flight
Bloomberg published an article yesterday about a little test United is said to be running that will pay people to give up…
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All Eyes on Argentina (Hopefully to See Something Good)
It’s not often that a highly-protectionist regime disappears leaving vast opportunities for air travel growth, but that’s what we’re seeing in Argentina…