May 2018
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United Rushes Out a Semi-Basic Economy Transatlantic Offering
When I first saw the announcement that United and its joint venture partners Lufthansa Group and Air Canada were rolling out Transatlantic…
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Delta to India: Anatomy of a Masterful Press Release
I generally expect airline press releases to bend the truth. I know that releases will gloss over the negatives and focus on…
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3 Links I Love: White House and State Dept Spar Over Open Skies, Allegiant Loses, Alitalia May Go It Alone
This week’s featured link: Navarro clashes with State Department over UAE airline deal – Associated Press Remember how I said there were…
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United’s Clever Pricing Strategy for Access to the Fancy Private Suite
If you’re super rich and famous, you may have heard of the Private Suite at LAX. If you haven’t, well, then you…
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A Video Walkthrough of Delta’s New A350
Last week, Delta brought its fancy new A350 to Los Angeles to show it off. The airline parked the airplane at the…
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United Shuffles Newark and Washington Flying Because of Capacity Constraints
When United first announced that it would shift flying in Newark to focus more on local traffic while Washington/Dulles would be bulked…
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3 Links I Love: The Dutch Fight Back, WOW India, Lowering Airport Costs
This week’s featured link: Air France Turmoil Is Said to Spur KLM to Seek Change at Top – Bloomberg Finally, the Dutch…
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If You Say You Don’t Like to Fly Spirit, You’re Running Out of Excuses
A couple of years ago, it was easy to come up with a laundry list of reasons why you would never want…
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Differing Views on Whether the Agreement Between the US and UAE Is Worth Anything
After years of fighting, it looked like we had an official end to the dispute between the three biggest US airlines and…
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WestJet Goes Full Service, Releases Its 787 Interiors Along With a New Livery
Let’s pretend you didn’t read the title of this post, and you just randomly happened to see this photo: If you were…
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3 Links I Love: The Mexico City Airport Problem, Air France in Jeopardy, KLM and Mauritius
This week’s featured link: Critics Take Aim at Mexico City’s Wild New Airport – CityLab If there’s one thing everyone can agree…
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Thinking Through DOT’s Surprising FAA Oversight Memo
You may have heard yesterday something about how the Department of Transportation (DOT) was investigating maintenance practices at Allegiant and American. That’s…