November 2019
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Cranky on the Web: The Rise of Travel Insurance
Yes, you are being asked if you want travel insurance more often – MarketplaceIt was a quick one minute story for Marketplace…
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3 Links I Love: Jetlines Sues, South African Screws (Itself), Float to Cruise
This week’s featured link: CANADA JETLINES LTD. and : CANADA JETLINES OPERATIONS LTD. v. DAVID NEELEMAN, DGN CORPORATION : and BREEZE AVIATION…
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An Aborted Attempt to Fly a KLM 747 (Almost A Trip Report)
Last week, I mentioned how the good people at Hahn Air asked me to be the first passenger to fly on a…
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Tokyo Tipping Point: Next Summer, Haneda Will Have More Flights to North America Than Narita
Travelers have always preferred Tokyo’s Haneda Airport over Narita, but artificial restrictions that prevented most international flights from operating at Haneda forced…
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3 Links I Love: When Boeing Strayed, Qantas Pouts, Airplane Water is Fine
This week’s featured link: The Long-Forgotten Flight That Sent Boeing Off Course – The AtlanticDon’t worry, this isn’t a 10,000 word traditional…
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Delta Should Have Bigger Plans For Its Silver Airways Codeshare
I linked to the press release announcing the Delta and Silver Airways would be entering into a codeshare arrangement on Friday, but…
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Hahn Air Issues the World’s First Ticket Using Blockchain… Does It Matter?
Blockchain! I know, I know. A lot of people are excited about blockchain, but nobody really seems to know why. It’s supposed…
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IAG Looks to Consolidate Power At the Top
Airline mergers within Europe have gone very differently from how they’ve proceeded in the US. As we all know, in Europe, the…
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3 Links I Love: Grounding Southwest Planes, Delta Nabs Silver, Ontario at 3
I will be rolling out a redesign of the blog in the next week or so. If you’d like to see preview,…
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JetBlue’s Take on Basic Economy Brings More of the Same Plus a Blizzard of Options
JetBlue’s long-awaited Basic Economy entry has now gone live in limited markets, and with it comes a big reorganization in how JetBlue…
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Flying United to Chicago for Media Day (Trip Report)
After a few days in Washington, it was time to move on to Chicago for United’s Global Media Day. Even though I…
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Corrected: Shining the Spotlight on October’s Operational Problem Children
My apologies, but I somehow mixed up the A14 numbers for Southwest, Frontier, and United. This has been corrected, and I have…