Brett
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United Has a Shot at The Regional Flexibility It Craves
At the International Aviation Forecast Summit last week, United President Scott Kirby was unsurprisingly in high demand. After his presentation, he took…
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3 Links I Love: Voting on the Future of MEX, Essential Air Service Saved, Killing the Train
This week’s featured link: Lopez Obrador Commits to Unorthodox Vote on $13 Billion Airport – Bloomberg The Mexico City airport saga continues.…
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Chicago Loses Asia, New York Loses Europe, and Philly Goes Boutique in American Network Changes
I spent most of this week at the Boyd Conference (properly known as the International Aviation Forecast Summit). While I have plenty…
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A Delta 737-800 Brings Me Home From the Carolinas (Trip Report)
After a week bouncing around the Carolinas, it was time to come home. As is always the case when we return from…
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On-Time Performance Has Suffered This Summer, But Some Aircraft Fared Better Than Others
Thanks to a mess of bad weather in the eastern half of the country, it has been a rough summer for airline…
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3 Links I Love: Sabre Warms to NDC, OneJet and WOW Air Face Trouble
This week’s featured link: Sabre Agrees to Pilot New Technologies With American Airlines and Other Travel Giants – Skift Distribution-giant Sabre spent…
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If You Think Fares Are Confusing for Travelers, What About the Poor Pricing Analyst?
When I first came out of college in 1999, I started work as an analyst in pricing & tariffs for America West…
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The Grave Threat Posed by Aircraft Thieves (or Not)
When I first heard that a non-pilot had stolen a Horizon Air Dash-8 Q400 and flew around Seattle for an hour, I…
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Tokyo Hub? Who Needs a Tokyo Hub?
For many years, Delta seemed like an airline in search of an Asia strategy while its competitors pushed forward definitively. Now that…
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Dorkfest is Only a Month Away on September 22
Just in case you needed a reminder, Dorkfest is coming in just over a month on September 22 from 11am to 1pm…
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Flying Southwest Across the Country to Charleston (Trip Report)
We had a wedding to attend just outside of Charleston, South Carolina, and when I looked at flights, I realized something obvious:…
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Southwest Struggles With Denied Boardings, But Others Are Worse
Yesterday I wrote about the denied boarding trends at Alaska, American, Delta, and United. Today, I’m going to start with Southwest and…