Recent Articles
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Cranky on the Web: JetBlue’s Short Short Scandal, United Polaris
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JetBlue Defends Decision to Ask Passenger to Replace Booty Shorts Before Boarding Flight. Will the Incident Affect Its Brand? – Entrepreneur If you haven’t heard,…
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3 Links I Love: Avianca for Sale, Qatar’s A380 Gate Problem, Delta’s Back in ExpertFlyer
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This week’s featured link: United Continental, Delta Air Lines possible bidders for Avianca: WSJ – Reuters Ok, so we don’t know much about this yet,…
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Instead of Waiting for More TSA Funding, Delta is Betting $1 Million on Improving Efficiency
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There’s been a lot of focus on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) being underfunded lately. After all, those long lines could be fixed with more…
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My New York Times Piece On How More Regulation Would Make Flying Worse
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Last week the New York Times approached me about contributing to its ongoing Room for Debate feature for the third time. (First time, second time.)…
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3 Links I Love: Comfort+ Changes, Alaska Milk Run, and Fares Going Down
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This week’s featured link: Delta Comfort+ now available as fare for flights to Asia and Latin America – Delta.com Delta started selling Comfort+ as a…
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A Look Back at Delta’s Shifting Fleet
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The response to last week’s post about American’s shifting fleet mix was so overwhelmingly positive, that I’ve gone and looked at both Delta and United…
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DelAAyed by Mesa and Its Tired and Worn Interiors (Trip Report)
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For this year’s Phoenix Aviation Symposium, I was asked to moderate a panel about the customer. I’ve always enjoyed that conference, so I knew I’d…
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Across the Aisle from Phoenix Aviation Director Jim Bennett on International Service, Terminal Projects, and the TSA
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While I was in Phoenix for this year’s symposium, I had the chance to sit with the new Aviation Director in town, Jim Bennett. Jim…
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Cranky on the Web: Modernizing LAX
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On Approach: A Brand New LAX Is Coming – CBS Los Angeles A couple of weeks ago I did an interview with the local CBS…
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3 Links I Love: Delta Keeps Shooting Itself in the Foot, Value Alliance, and Dubuque
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This week’s featured link(s): Delta’s Comfort+ upgrades could turn into frequent flyer problem – Runway Girl Network Delta to end sponsorship of Fox Theatre over…
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Why Airline Ops People and Air Traffic Controllers are Excited About Data Comm
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I haven’t done a post about NextGen air traffic control in awhile, but something mentioned on a panel at the Phoenix Aviation Symposium really caught…
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A Look Back at American’s Shifting Fleet As It Plans to Retire Two More Types
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In an internal memo last week, American explained that it was going to retire two more fleets in the next couple of years with both…
