Brett
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American’s Current Strategy Has a Familiar Refrain: Follow Delta’s Lead
Second quarter earnings reports have come and gone, and there were two particularly interesting pieces of news coming from American. First, American…
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Following Pittsburgh’s Aviation Roller Coaster Ride Through Its London Flight
British Airways has decided to return to Pittsburgh starting April 2, 2019 with a four-times weekly flight to London’s Heathrow Airport on…
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3 Links I Love: The Island Hopper, Old Airline Maps, Operation Pineapple Tops
This week’s featured link: Watch the new Big Metal Bird: Island Hopper – United Hub This one has always been on the…
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Delta Spins Its Test to Stop Supporting Group Travel Within the US
If you’ve never arranged a trip for a large number of people, then you’ve been missing out on the pain and suffering…
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China Airlines Tries to Jump Start Ontario Service With a Smaller Airplane
Until recently, China Airlines flew two relatively successful flights from Los Angeles to Taipei every day. But on March 25, the airline…
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Who the F*&@ is AURA?
Those of you who saw that I accidentally published my jumbled notes on AURA last week already knew this topic was coming.…
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Cranky on the Web: Long Beach Modernization Part Deux
Long Beach Airport Revitalizing a Hollywood Icon – Icons of Infrastructure They say write what you know, right? Well, here’s a piece…
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3 Links I Love: Why Won’t Airlines Fly Here?, European Mergers, Spirit’s Next CEO
This week’s featured link: ROBERT PRICE: Struggling airport, growing city: What’s up with that? – Bakersfield.com This kind of of conversation has…
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Republic “Commits” to Up to 200 Embraer Aircraft It’ll Probably Never Fly
This week is the Farnborough Airshow, a biennial orgy of aircraft orders where manufacturers try to flex their muscles and show the…
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Flying What’s Left of Virgin America on Alaska Airlines to Seattle (Trip Report)
Last year, I turned 40. This year, it was my wife’s turn. And for her 40th, she wanted to go on an…
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No, Norwegian Hasn’t Turned Into a Profit Machine
I don’t usually cover earnings here on the blog, but there were so many stories wrongfully touting Norwegian’s miraculously-profitable Q2 that I…
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Cranky on the Web: Huntsville Scares Birmingham
Frontier Airlines adds another city in Alabama, but what will it mean for BHM? – Birmingham Business Journal (soft paywall) You wouldn’t…