Recent Articles
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Touring United’s New, Ridiculously-Spacious CRJ-550 Aircraft
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I wrote about the commercial side of United’s new CRJ-550 regional jet last week, and now it’s time to talk product. While I was in…
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Settling the Debate: Does American or United Have More First Class Seats in Chicago?
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United had its first global media day (at least, first that I can remember) on Friday, and it was an event well done. That being…
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3 Links I Love: Long Haul PR Stunt, Tiny Plane Across the Ocean, Brewing Chicago Fight
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This week’s featured link: I Just Took the World’s First 20-Hour Flight. Here’s What It Did to Me – BloombergThis is quite the PR stunt…
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Air NZ, Cathay Pacific Cuts Highlight the Death of the True Fifth Freedom Flight
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The 1944 Chicago Convention was a landmark agreement that, among other things, pushed the global air travel industry to create a defined set of “freedoms”…
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A Deeper Look at United’s CRJ-550 Rollout
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United has been talking about this for some time, but last week the airline finally loaded flights operated by the CRJ-550. Initial markets will focus…
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The Case for Copa Defecting to American
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As LATAM prepares to consciously uncouple from American, the discussion has centered around what American can do to shore up its already-solid Latin American network.…
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Cranky on the Web: Putting My Adventure to Shame, Saving Connections, MAX Return Worries
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Around Hawai‘i and Back: A Pass Traveler’s Journey to Fly Our Entire Neighbor Island Network in One Day – Hawaiian Airlines Mana’oRemember my day flying…
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3 Links I Love: Reading Azul Tea Leaves, Etihad Light, Small Virgins
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This week’s featured link: Azul could join giant Latin America alliance sought by United, Avianca, Copa – TPGIt’s interesting that United would want to bring…
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San Francisco Shuffles Its Gate Numbers
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If you flew through San Francisco (SFO) yesterday, you may have noticed things looked a bit different. No, no. It’s not that the planes can…
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Delta to Portland: Big Bins and Great Service (Trip Report)
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Just a couple months after my last trip to Portland, it was time to return. And just like last time, I had a bunch of…
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United Takes the Lead on Simplifying Elite Qualifying By Focusing on Spend
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One of the knocks on United’s loyalty strategies over the years has been that the airline just takes what Delta does and slaps its own…
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Cranky on the Web: Icelandair Leaves Kansas City
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After Icelandair leaves Kansas City, can KCI land another nonstop flight to Europe? – Kansas City StarThe local paper took a deep look at Icelandair…
