Brett
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Flying United to Chicago for Media Day (Trip Report)
After a few days in Washington, it was time to move on to Chicago for United’s Global Media Day. Even though I…
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Corrected: Shining the Spotlight on October’s Operational Problem Children
My apologies, but I somehow mixed up the A14 numbers for Southwest, Frontier, and United. This has been corrected, and I have…
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Cranky on the Web: Should Southwest Buy Another Airline?
If Southwest wanted to acquire another airline, which would it target? – Dallas Business JournalA research note suggesting that Southwest might consider…
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3 Links I Love: Flight Operated by Bus, Alaska Crashes, Goodbye Old MSY
This week’s featured link: The bus to the plane: On board Sun Country’s first Landline connection – TPGI love multi-modal, and here’s…
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IAG Makes a Play For Madrid and Latin America With Air Europa Acquisition
When Delta snatched LATAM from American’s arms, I said this: Delta has fundamentally re-drawn the map around the globe. If long-entrenched partners…
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Flying the Friendly But Broken Skies to Washington (Trip Report)
To say I don’t fly United often is an understatement. The last time I set foot on a United-operated airplane was more…
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United Media Day: Endless Ideas and Abundant Energy
The fact that United had a media day at all should tell you something. In the more than 13 years I’ve been…
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Cranky on the Web: Boeing’s Full-Page Apology, The 550 in Indy
Boeing Takes Out Full-Page Ads Before CEO Testifies – AdWeekI was asked how I felt about the full page ad Boeing took…
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3 Links I Love: Tarmac Delay Lives, Bumpy LAX-it, Lion Air Report
This week’s featured link: DOT proposes changes to extended tarmac delay regulation – ATWJust when you thought the tarmac delay rule was…
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Norwegian Sees Income Improvement, But The Balance Sheet Problem Looms
I realize that’s a headline only an accountant can love, but, well, it’s a nice summary of the issue at hand. A…
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Touring United’s New, Ridiculously-Spacious CRJ-550 Aircraft
I wrote about the commercial side of United’s new CRJ-550 regional jet last week, and now it’s time to talk product. While…
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Settling the Debate: Does American or United Have More First Class Seats in Chicago?
United had its first global media day (at least, first that I can remember) on Friday, and it was an event well…