Recent Articles
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Spirit Turns Its Focus to the US and Canada After Caribbean Build-Up
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Spirit has spent the last few years remaking itself in the public eye. It has gone from a Detroit-based low cost carrier to what is…
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Southwest Media Day via El Paso and Albuquerque (Trip Report)
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As you well know by know, Southwest held its sometimes-annual Media Day in Dallas last week, and this year there was no way I was…
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Southwest Explains the Reservation System Delays
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For years we’ve heard Southwest talk about how its reservation system was preventing the airline from doing all sorts of things. International flying and codesharing…
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Volaris and Southwest Start Their “Almost A Codeshare But Not Quite” Partnership
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On November 10, 2008, Southwest and a little known Mexican airline named Volaris announced that they would be joining up “to build a codeshare partnership.”…
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Cranky on the Web (October 25-29)
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AirTran Pilots Have a New Tentative Agreement, Thanks to Southwest – BNET Headwinds AirTran pilots have an agreement, and it comes suspiciously close on the…
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Southwest Media Day: Wifi Pricing, Newark, Volaris, AirTran and More
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Good morning from the big D (that’s Dallas, ya’ll). I spent yesterday with the good people of Southwest at their sometimes-annual Media Day. There were…
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The Most Remote Place in the US Applies for Federal Funds for Air Service
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Once again, it’s Small Community Air Service Development (SCASD) week over on BNET and I’ve been digging in to the applications for this year’s federal…
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Don’t Expect to See 787s in Delta Colors Anytime Soon
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Though Delta has never ordered the Boeing 787 itself, it did inherit 18 firm orders for 787s when it merged with Northwest. There had been…
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United-Continental Merger Makes Denver to Dallas Love Field Route Reality
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United and Continental continue to push out new routes on a regular basis as the two airlines find opportunities that may not have existed before.…
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The Power Outlet Problem
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When you read the subject line, you probably thought I was talking about the problem of airlines not bothering to put power outlets onboard in…
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Cranky on the Web (October 18-22)
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More airlines ditch first-class seats as fliers get stingy – USA Today USA Today did a story on the disappearance of First Class, and I…
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Mesa’s Fleet Falls, Rises, and Falls Again
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Watching Mesa Air Group over the last couple decades has been like watching a roller coaster. That airline makes the rest of the industry look…
