Brett
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3 Links I Love: Operation Care-Lift, OneJet in Milwaukee, Throwing Money into Meridiana
This week’s featured link: Operation Care-Lift: Spirit, Lufthansa Technik Team Up For Puerto Rico Relief Flights: A First Person Account Onboard –…
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United Wants to Grow at LAX, But There’s Not Much Room… For Anyone
There are two big trends in airlines these days. The first is to start an ill-conceived subsidiary with an annoying single-word name…
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If This is How US Trade Law Is Supposed to Work, Then I’m Not a Fan
219.63% If the decision from the Department of Commerce goes final, that’s the amount of the countervailing duty (CVD) that an American-based…
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China Airlines is Coming to Ontario, and I Don’t Hate This Plan
After announcing it was evaluating service between Taipei/Taoyuan and Ontario nearly a month ago, China Airlines made it official on Friday in…
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Cranky on the Web: Norwegian’s Fast Start at Stewart
International budget flights out of Stewart prove popular – Hudson Valley One This story starts out giddy about Norwegian’s July numbers at…
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3 Links I Love: Joon Gets Worse, Feds Look at Fees, Southwest Says Seeya 737-300
This week’s featured link: Joon, the new generation travel experience by Air France – Air France I’ve made it clear how much…
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Back From the Big Island on United (Trip Report)
And now for the conclusion to this Hawaiian adventure. After my low and slow flights over from Moloka’i, I spent a week…
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Spirit CEO Bob Fornaro on the Benefits of Operational Improvement (Across the Aisle)
Welcome back to the second half of my interview with Spirit President and CEO Bob Fornaro. (If you missed the first half,…
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Spirit CEO Bob Fornaro on Price Competition and Doing What Spirit Does Best (Across the Aisle)
Spirit’s current President, Bob Fornaro, has seen a lot in this industry. After stints at TWA and Northwest, he spent much of…
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Thank You for Coming to Dorkfest 2017
That was one great Dorkfest at LAX yesterday. Thank you to everyone who came out, ate In-N-Out burgers, and watched airplanes. It…
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3 Links I Love: Dorkfest is Tomorrow, Slamming Boeing, The End of Avatar
This week’s featured link: Featured Map for 22 September 2017: Cranky Flier’s Dorkfest 2017 – Great Circle Mapper The day is here!…
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Norwegian Connects Passengers To easyJet While Ryanair Backs Away
I’ve written a bit about low cost carriers trying to find a way to juice revenues through connecting passengers. Ryanair has started…