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The Worst Flashback Friday
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Those of you who read Southwest’s blog might be familiar with my favorite series, Flashback Fridays. Each week, Brian Lusk, corporate historian and longtime airline dork dug into Southwest’s history and pulled out some fascinating…
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Alitalia Regains Its Crown As Losses Mount
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I know you were expecting a follow up post to Tuesday’s discussion about Farelogix, but that’s going to have to wait. Very soon after my post went live, Sabre sent me a note to say…
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Farelogix Shows How Booking a Flight Should Work, and It’s Excellent
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As you know from my trip report last week, I was in Miami attending Farelogix media day. But what is it that Farelogix actually does? The company’s end goal is to give airlines the freedom…
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Sequestration Means FAA Cuts, But I Simply Don’t Believe the Disaster Scenarios
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Another day, another government “crisis” because our Congressional leaders can’t find a way to do what’s right. I’m not looking to point fingers in this post, because it doesn’t do any good. (I have no…
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Cranky on the Web (February 18 – 22)
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In the Trenches: Changing Our Services – Intuit Small Business Blog This is actually more about flight changes instead of changing our services, but well, close enough. Aviation Experts Select Winning Birthday Cake! – JetBlue…
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Topic of the Week: The Evil That is Airplane Photography
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Matthew from Live and Let’s Fly wrote up a story about how he was removed from a United flight to Istanbul for taking pictures. <sarcasm>Clearly the flight attendant was right for ridding the airplane of…
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Delays on the Old “New” American (Trip Report)
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I had been planning to attend Farelogix media day in Miami for quite some time, but when news broke that the American/US Airways merger might happen that day, I wondered if this event would happen…
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American Isn’t As Weak in Asia As You Might Think
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Many people have used the excuse that since US Airways doesn’t bring American what it really needs, more Asian service, it’s not a worthwhile merger. Naturally, I disagree that not having much in Asia is…
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My Best Guess On What Will Happen to American’s Hubs Post-Merger
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It is a lot of fun to speculate on a variety of things when it comes to mergers, but the favorite pastime seems to be figuring out what will happen to the route network. Will…
