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Qatar Copies Etihad, Not Emirates In Its Quest to Fly Between Europe and the US
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Just recently I wrote about how the real threat posed by the Middle East airlines to those in the US was fifth-freedom flying — flights that operate from an airline’s home country to a second…
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Reviewing Your 2017 Predictions and Making Your 2018 Picks
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It’s official, 2017 is over so it’s time to look back and see how you all did with your predictions. A year ago, I reviewed 2016 predictions and asked for your thoughts on 2017. There…
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Cranky on the Web: What 2018 Will Bring
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Travel Weekly’s Preview 2018 – Airlines – Travel Weekly My posting schedule is a little backwards since I won’t even have my review of your 2017 predictions out until Tuesday, but Travel Weekly asked me…
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2017 Flying Summary
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There’s no question 2016 was a bad year for flying for me, but 2017 was so much better. The only thing 2017 lacked was a long haul trip. I surprised myself when I looked back…
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Airlines We Lost 2017
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It is that time once again where I pause to remember all the airlines that flew off into the desert this year, never to take to the skies again. It’s a motley group this time…
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Cranky on the Web: What’s On Your Boarding Pass?
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Your boarding pass does contain information about you, but whether it can be used for evil is another question – Los Angeles Times It was fun sitting with the author poring over her boarding pass…
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3 Links I Love: Idiocy in Kansas City, The Supersonic Dilemma, Another 747 Tribute
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This week’s featured link: Now what? KC Council’s airport vote creates chaos and betrays voters – The Kansas City Star Do you hate local government? Here’s a story for you. If you recall, the good…
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American Significantly Increases Coach Award Space On Connecting Flights
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At media day earlier this year, American admitted that it needed to loosen up on award availability. The airline has recently, quietly, done just that but only on connecting flights. Weird? It may seem that…
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My Life on a 747
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As anyone who happens to be flying to or through Atlanta this week knows, it has not been a good week for Delta. The Sunday power outage in Atlanta forced airlines to cancel hundreds of…
