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I’m Skeptical That United is Really Planning a Huge Growth Push at LAX
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Bloomberg ran the headline and the news spread like wildfire. “United Airlines Said to Plan Los Angeles Push in Comeback Effort.” Could it be that after years of shrinking and ignoring Los Angeles that a…
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American Thinks In-Seat Screens Aren’t Needed on Domestic Flights; I Flip Flop on the Issue
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American is getting closer to taking delivery of its first 737 MAX (4 will be coming in the second half of this year), and it is starting to talk about what it’ll look like on…
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3 Links I Love: A380 for Risk Takers, Fixing LAX Gridlock, Birds at Garbage in Lebanon
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This week’s featured link: A380, from flagship to LCC mass transport – Leeham News and Comment Here’s an interview with the head of leasing firm Amedeo that specializes in, gulp, A380s. Even though none of…
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Long Beach Ends Talk of a Customs Facility, Will JetBlue Walk?
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If there’s one thing we learned during the last election, it’s that misinformation, fear-mongering, and bullying are now a blueprint for success. The local anti-airport group here in Long Beach took that to heart and…
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Emirates Plays With Fire, Announces Newark to Athens Flight
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You might think that with a new, anti-globalist administration in the US, foreign airlines might want to tiptoe carefully until they figure out the lay of the land. Emirates apparently didn’t get that memo. It…
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Are Bathroom Lines Allowed on International Flights? The Definitive Answer
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When I wrote up my recent trip to Cancún last week, the big discussion centered around the fact that we weren’t allowed to line up to use the bathrooms (aka lavatories, or lavs). I received…
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Cranky on the Web: United’s Corporate Guarantee
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United Bolsters Reliability Guarantee to Its Corporate Travel Customers – Skift I’ll admit it’s a stretch to include this here since my blog was quoted directly – it wasn’t a separate interview. But I thought…
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3 Links I Love: BA CEO Interview, American is Airline of the Year, Buy On Board Problems
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This week’s featured link: British Airways CEO Interview: How to Bring a Low-Cost Mindset to a Legacy Airline – Skift This is a good, long interview with the current CEO of British Airways Alex Cruz.…
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American Rolls Out Basic Economy With a Slightly Softer But Blunter Approach
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When United rolled out Basic Economy last year, it got a lot of flak for how it handled it (including some right her on the blog). Yesterday, American rolled out its version of Basic Economy,…
