Welcome to the second half of my long night with American. In my post about the first half of the night, I wrote about our time in the Integrated Operations Center (IOC). Today, I’ll pick up where exhaustion set in with a look at our visit to the flight … Read the post
Month: March 2019
Sun Country CEO gets very real on the airline’s quest for financial sustainability – MinnPost
Here’s a good interview with Sun Country CEO Jude Bricker. Note at the end how Sun Country is focusing on cost reduction now. Unit revenue growth efforts will come later. So enjoy those cheap fares … Read the post
It’s a lofty title to be sure. Janet joined United in November 2017 to fill the first regional president position here on the West Coast. I assume this role was meant to project both internally and externally just how important California is to the airline. But what does that mean, … Read the post
It has been anticipated for years, and as of yesterday, Southwest has finally started selling tickets for its first Hawai’i flights. Even though this is only the beginning of the airline’s service rollout, there is a lot we can glean from this.
Flying Soon
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I may have flown to Dallas for American’s leadership conference last week, but that was merely an appetizer before the main course. The airline’s comms team set up an event for eight of us in the media to stay up all night with American and learn about different parts of … Read the post
Why American Airlines’ DFW fortress hub isn’t so scary anymore – Dallas Morning News
A fortress hub has long had a negative connotation. Even though it meant a ton of service, fares were usually high. But the DMN wrote this piece touting the benefits of a fortress hub at DFW … Read the post
This week’s featured link:
The travel trick that airlines hate – BBC capital
When I was in Dallas this week, I got into a long discussion with a few friends about hidden-city ticketing. (That kind of conversation, by the way, is exactly what happens when a bunch of AvGeeks get … Read the post