Brett
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3 Links I Love: Ryanair’s Alitalia Mind Games, Non-Travelers Behind Security, Airport Rises From the Desert
This week’s featured link: Ryanair to bid for Alitalia’s jets: O’Leary – FlightGlobal On the surface, the idea that Ryanair would want…
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Southwest Declares War Against Alaska and Anyone Else Who Wants a Piece of California
I spent the beginning of this week at the Boyd Conference (aka International Aviation Forecast Summit), and while I was there, war…
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‘Aina Momona – Impressions of Moloka‘i (Trip Report)
It seems strange that a place nicknamed “The Friendly Isle” would have so few people around, but, well, that’s Moloka‘i. With a…
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Could Spirit’s Big Front Seat Be a Model for the Industry?
If you’ve never had the chance to fly Spirit’s Big Front Seat, you might be surprised to hear that it’s probably one…
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3 Links I Love: Bad Near-Miss Reaction, Ryanair Wants airberlin, Making the Eclipse Flight Happen
This week’s featured link: Editorial: Air Canada, FAA hindered investigation of SFO near-miss – East Bay Times How in the world does…
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Sun Country Plans to Go ULCC While Others Question Whether That Model Can Work for Any Airline
When Jude Bricker was brought in as the new CEO of Sun Country, I assumed a move toward his roots at ultra…
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Dorkfest is One Month From Today
Today is the 23rd of August, and that means we’re a mere one month away from Dorkfest. I’ve done a ton of…
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Flying Hawaiian to Moloka’i (Trip Report)
Last month, it was Alaska. This month, I headed to Hawai’i. But unlike the trip last month, this was a true vacation…
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JetBlue’s Best West Coast Option May Be to Walk Away
JetBlue has a West Coast problem. While in general the consensus is that JetBlue needs to find a better way to serve…
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3 Links I Love: The Decline in Short-Haul Flying, All Hail the DC-3, Evacuating an A380
This week’s featured link: What Caused Short Haul Traffic Decline in the US? – the $34b Question – LinkedIn One of the…
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Solving the Mysterious Case of United’s High Denied Boarding Numbers
United has been in the news lately for a lot of reasons, many of them bad. But one thing that the airline…
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Long Beach Looks to Jack Up Fines, Take Away Slots From Late Night Offenders (That’s You, JetBlue)
I know not everyone here appreciates a good story from my hometown airport here in Long Beach, but there is a fight…