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Polaris: When United Cried Wolf
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Let’s get one thing straight. I’m not here to bash Polaris. When United relaunched its international business class last June, I liked the Polaris plan. The branding was sharp, the product looked great, and it…
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30% of TAP Air Portugal’s Boston Customers Start Their Journey on JetBlue (aka The Power of Partnerships)
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We’ve seen both JetBlue and Alaska/Virgin America aggressively pursue a strategy of providing domestic connectivity to foreign airline partners. One of JetBlue’s partners is TAP Air Portugal (the “Air” recently returned to the name after…
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Lufthansa Picks Up Part of airberlin’s Carcass While easyJet Still Circles
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The end is nigh for airberlin. After years of being kept alive on life support thanks to Etihad’s free-flowing money, it’s all over. On October 28, airberlin will disappear as a brand, and all that’s…
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Cranky on the Web: When to Fly With Kids, Remaking ATPCO
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The Best Age for Your Child to Get a Smartphone and Experience 11 Other Milestones – Reader’s Digest It was quite a blast of nostalgia to get a request from Reader’s Digest. I can’t say…
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3 Links I Love: Airbus and the Bullshit Castle, Ode to the 747, Frontier Cuts
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This week’s featured link: Airbus Corruption Scandal May Lead Straight to the Top – Der Spiegel The language is a bit stilted, but this very lengthy exposé dives into the messy world of bribery and…
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Southwest Officially Announces It’ll Eventually Fly to Some Airport in Hawai’i By 2019
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Since the dawn of time, people have wondered when Southwest would start flying to Hawai’i. Now we finally know…ish, but we don’t know much. Last night, Southwest’s non-announcement merely confirmed what everyone knew was going…
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Ryanair Has Really Created a Mess For Itself
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In the last month, Ryanair has greatly tarnished its image as a reliable operator thanks to a pilot vacation-scheduling snafu. It’s been quite the black eye for an airline that has run such a consistently…
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Bankruptcy Bites: Monarch and airberlin Make Life Miserable for Travelers
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I’ve been watching as some weaker European airlines have fallen like dominoes over the last few months, and it’s striking to me how different their insolvencies have been handled thanks to varying bankruptcy laws. Americans…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest Shifts From the 737-300 to the MAX
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Max 8 a jumbo upgrade for Southwest Airlines – Houston Chronicle The last week has been a huge change for Southwest. First it retired its final two-plus dozen 737-300s and then it started 737 MAX…
