Brett
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3 Links I Love: Avianca’s Troubles, Sacramento’s High Costs, The Greatest Airport Hotel in the World
This week’s featured link: As Avianca Weighs Bids, Hedge Fund Plays Unusual Role: Diplomat – The New York Times Let’s head south…
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Alaska and Virgin America Are Cleared to Merge With Minor But Unhelpful Conditions
Can you believe it’s been more than 7 months since I last wrote about the Alaska/Virgin America merger? Way back at the…
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American Turns Around Its Operational Performance in LA While Southwest Continues to Falter
What a difference a few months can make. Back at the end of June, I followed up on some leads about American…
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If You Don’t Like Norwegian Air International Being Approved to Fly to the US, Blame the Authors of the Open Skies Agreement
On Friday I noted that the European Commission had officially begun arbitration proceedings because the US had improperly delayed approval of Norwegian…
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3 Links I Love: Europe’s Fight With the US, Airbus Politics and Alabama, Solari Boards Down Under
This week’s featured link: Europe brings US to court for delaying cheap Cork to Boston flights – Irish Central I figure I’ve…
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DOT Continues to Spit Fire at American and Qantas, So They’ve Walked Away
Before the Thanksgiving holiday, I wrote about how the Department of Transportation (DOT) had tentatively denied American and Qantas’s joint venture plans.…
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Nobody Wants the A380 and That’s Breeding Creativity
There isn’t anything quite like the A380. The airplane is enormous, and frankly, it is a true delight to fly (as a…
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United’s Revenue Management Problem: The Death of Independence of Demand
The most important theme coming out of United’s investor day last week was that it admits something that everyone else has known…
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Cranky on the Web: Rise of Premium Economy, Thanksgiving Tips
How to fly for Thanksgiving without freaking out – CNN Money Thanks to Jon Ostrower, now at CNN, for mentioning Cranky Concierge…
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3 Links I Love: An Oscar Profile, Herb Looks Back, Alaska Reunion
This week’s featured link: How United’s Oscar Munoz Bounced Back After a Heart Transplant – Fortune Hers a good, long look at…
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Cranky Flier Podcast #4: Grab a Seat with GLO CEO Trey Fayard
Another Tuesday, so it’s time for another podcast. This, actually, will be the last Tuesday podcast. My finger has healed to the…
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DOT Gets Strangely Feisty in the Administration’s Dying Days, Denies Qantas and American’s Joint Venture
With less than two month’s left until a new administration takes over here in the US, it looks like the Department of…