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What United’s Now-Former Network Chief Says About the New Leadership Team
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Talk about an eventful week. The day I posted my interview with Brian Znotins, VP of Network for United last week, he became the FORMER VP of Network. That’s right, Brian is no longer at…
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Cranky on the Web: Animals on a Plane, Hubs vs Point-to-Point
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Airlines plan new regulations for service animals in-flight – KPCC AirTalk I went on AirTalk to chat about service and emotional support animals. This segment was mostly about letting callers give their thoughts, so I…
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3 Links I Love: Air Berlin Restructures, American’s CIO, So Long Vin
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Far-reaching restructuring of airberlin to deliver long-term growth – Air Berlin The long-rumored restructuring is here. Air Berlin, long shredding money, is going to remake itself into something that… probably will just lose more money.…
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How Can Norwegian Fly Charters Between the US and Mexico? (Ask Cranky)
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Back in July, Norwegian announced that it would start doing charter flying for Apple Vacations and Funjet Vacations this winter. That may not sound all that strange until you realize that Norwegian will be operating…
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United’s Network Planning Chief Tells Me Whether Los Angeles is Still a Hub (Across the Aisle)
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Update 9/27 at 412p PT: In a true coincidence, I’m told that Brian is no longer with United as of today. In August, I proclaimed that while Los Angeles was still a focus city for…
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JetBlue’s Interest in Europe is No Surprise
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Take a look at this route map, via Great Circle Mapper (he’s also made this the featured map for today): If you were going to build a hub, it wouldn’t look like this. Everything points…
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Cranky on the Web: Loyalty and American, Emirates Seat Fee
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Loyalty only goes so far as American Airlines, others revamp rewards programs – Dallas Morning News This was a broader look at changes in frequent flier programs over the last few years. Since it’s from…
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3 Links I Love: Low Cost Canada, Virgin No Votes, Marketing United
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This week’s featured link: Can These New Airlines Bring Canada’s Sky-High Fares Back to Earth? – Bloomberg And the answer is, yes. It’s easy to bring low fares into a market. But can they actually…
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A New JetBlue Route and Finishing the Companion Pass Run (Trip Report)
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For the 2nd year in a row, I attended the Boyd Conference. This year, however, it was up at Lake Tahoe, and that meant flying into Reno. I’ve only done that once before, but I…
