October 2017
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3 Links I Love: Airbus and the Bullshit Castle, Ode to the 747, Frontier Cuts
This week’s featured link: Airbus Corruption Scandal May Lead Straight to the Top – Der Spiegel The language is a bit stilted,…
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Southwest Officially Announces It’ll Eventually Fly to Some Airport in Hawai’i By 2019
Since the dawn of time, people have wondered when Southwest would start flying to Hawai’i. Now we finally know…ish, but we don’t…
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Ryanair Has Really Created a Mess For Itself
In the last month, Ryanair has greatly tarnished its image as a reliable operator thanks to a pilot vacation-scheduling snafu. It’s been…
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Bankruptcy Bites: Monarch and airberlin Make Life Miserable for Travelers
I’ve been watching as some weaker European airlines have fallen like dominoes over the last few months, and it’s striking to me…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest Shifts From the 737-300 to the MAX
Max 8 a jumbo upgrade for Southwest Airlines – Houston Chronicle The last week has been a huge change for Southwest. First…
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3 Links I Love: Operation Care-Lift, OneJet in Milwaukee, Throwing Money into Meridiana
This week’s featured link: Operation Care-Lift: Spirit, Lufthansa Technik Team Up For Puerto Rico Relief Flights: A First Person Account Onboard –…
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United Wants to Grow at LAX, But There’s Not Much Room… For Anyone
There are two big trends in airlines these days. The first is to start an ill-conceived subsidiary with an annoying single-word name…
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If This is How US Trade Law Is Supposed to Work, Then I’m Not a Fan
219.63% If the decision from the Department of Commerce goes final, that’s the amount of the countervailing duty (CVD) that an American-based…
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China Airlines is Coming to Ontario, and I Don’t Hate This Plan
After announcing it was evaluating service between Taipei/Taoyuan and Ontario nearly a month ago, China Airlines made it official on Friday in…