Brett
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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…
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Low and Slow From Moloka’i to Waimea On Mokulele (Trip Report)
I’ve been back from Hawai’i for well over a month, but I’m only now getting around to writing up the rest of…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Southwest CRO Andrew Watterson Talks California
Let’s start this week off with a podcast. I already wrote about Southwest’s declaration of war against Alaska and anyone else who…
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3 Links I Love: Qantas’s Position of Strength, Making Money Where No Airline Can, Pittsburgh Spends A Lot to Save a Little
This week’s featured link: Qantas extends Emirates deal, switches from Dubai to Singapore as Sydney-London stopover – ABC Australia When Qantas was…
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Random and Interesting Tidbits From American and United at the Boyd Conference
I generally prefer to write posts around a single, cohesive topic, but the more I dug into my notes from the Boyd…
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Allegiant’s Condo Project Could Mean Trouble for the Airline
I really enjoyed this year’s Boyd Conference, but I’ll admit I wish it had all happened one day later. Why? Well, I…
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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died 16 Years Ago Today
I know one year shouldn’t make a difference, but there’s something about this year’s anniversary that makes 9/11 seem more distant than…
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3 Links I Love: Horizon’s Pilot Problems, Irma Gouging Isn’t Real, Rescue Flight in San Juan
This week’s featured link: Pilots’ union sues Horizon Air over deferral of 6 jet deliveries – Seattle Times These are interesting times…
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Ryanair Introduces a Thoughtful and Fair Carry-On Bag Fee
Maybe it’s just that we’re used to having fees slapped on haphazardly here in the US, but I find Ryanair’s effort to…