Brett
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Across the Aisle from IAG CEO Willie Walsh on Why His Long-Haul, Low-Cost Airline Will Work While Others Won’t
Yesterday I published the first half of my interview with International Airlines Group CEO Willie Walsh on his new long-haul, low-cost startup…
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Across the Aisle from IAG CEO Willie Walsh on Level, His New Airline
International Airlines Group (IAG) launched its fifth airline brand last week. The name is Level, and while you’ll have a hard time…
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3 Links I Love: Richard Branson is Sad, Silly Circular Runways, Ridiculous Ratings
This week’s featured link: Dear Virgin America – Richard Branson’s Virgin Blog Richard Branson is a sad panda. His weepy goodbye to…
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Alaska Sticks With Its Own Brand But Learns a Little From Virgin America Before Killing It
The long-awaited branding decision has been made, and as expected, Alaska will be retiring the Virgin America brand in the next couple…
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A Completely Unnecessary 2.5 Hour Delay: the Delta and Compass Comedy of Errors (Trip Report)
Ok, so I lied. I thought my trip to Puerto Vallarta would be the last time I flew Delta when it was…
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Alitalia’s Board Approves Its Unimaginative and Undoubtedly Unsuccessful Restructuring Plan
Since January, Alitalia, the worst airline ever, has been hard at work on restructuring plan #1,403 so it can save itself from…
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3 Links I Love: JetBlue Not Happy with Embraers, Delta Reviews Its Refinery, Aircraft Graphic Design
This week’s featured link: JetBlue launches fleet review with E190 cost concerns – FlightGlobal It’s been no secret from past comments that…
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Why Returning to West Maui Was a Huge Undertaking for Hawaiian (Across the Aisle)
This month, Hawaiian Airlines returned to the tiny Kapalua West Maui Airport (airport code: JHM) after a nearly 25-year absence with 2…
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American and United Fight to See Who Can Lose More Money in Small Cities
With international markets looking weaker for a variety of reasons, the US legacy carriers have turned their focus inward to domestic markets…
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If You Thought the Alaska/Virgin America Merger Was Anti-Competitive, Take a Look at San Francisco
I can’t recall anyone outside of the federal government thinking that the Alaska/Virgin America merger was in any way anti-competitive, but all…
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Cranky on the Web: 20 Questions with Cranky, American’s Boarding Process, 2016 Ops
I forgot to post these last week, so here’s two week’s worth of stuff. 20 questions with The Cranky Flier (Brett Snyder)…
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3 Links I Love: Boeing’s MoM Gets a Boost, JetBlue Feels Pain in Atlanta, More on the Port Authority Scandal
This week’s featured link: United Looks at Boeing’s ‘Paper Plane’ and Likes What It Sees – Bloomberg Bloomberg has been cranking out…