Brett
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Across the Aisle From David Neeleman on Why Azul’s New Service to the US is Going to Work (Part 1)
Way back in 2010, I spoke with JetBlue and Azul founder David Neeleman (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). As he does…
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Profit Sharing: Why American Doesn’t Like It, Why It Should Have Done It Anyway, and Why It Can’t Do It Now
I really thought this was going to die down eventually, but it hasn’t. The topic of profit-sharing at the new American (or…
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More US – Mexico Flights May Be Coming Soon Thanks to Loosening of the Rules
Maybe “soon” isn’t the right word. Nevertheless, beginning in January 2016 (a mere 13 months away) some of the silly regulations governing…
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Cranky on the Web (November 24 – 28) – Best Airports in the US, More
The Best and Worst Airports in America: Readers’ Choice Awards 2014 – Conde Nast Traveler I was only responsible for writing up…
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The True Meaning of Thanksgiving 2014
Ah, Thanksgiving. It’s my favorite holiday of the year. This time, a quick road trip brought me to Phoenix, so no airplanes…
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Delta’s Choice of the A330neo and A350 For Its Widebody Fleet May Seem a Little Peculiar
We’ve been waiting a long time for Delta to decide what widebodies it would order to replace its 747s and 767s, and…
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JetBlue is Making Changes That You Think You Won’t Like, But You Might Be Wrong
Remember when we talked about what Wall Street wanted JetBlue to do in order to improve financial performance? Well, JetBlue agrees. The…
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Cranky on the Web (November 17 – 21) – Ethiopian Madness, Rebanking in Miami, More
Ethiopian Airlines: The Flexible Airline (or, why you shouldn’t combine multiple tickets on one itinerary) – Travel Babbo One of our clients…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier in Denver
I already wrote about Spirit and Allegiant this week, so we can’t leave Frontier out of the mix can we? Frontier announced…
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Allegiant Tweaks Its Model to Run Toward Competition
Allegiant has a habit of announcing a bunch of new routes all at one time, and last week was no exception. The…
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Spirit Goes International From Houston, Steals Southwest’s Thunder
The ramp-up to Southwest flying internationally from Houston has been a long one with political drama and major construction. But as Southwest…
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Why Revenue-Based Loyalty Programs Aren’t the Right Answer
One of the big topics we tackled at the Travelport Ignite conference was loyalty programs. There were some very interesting ideas floated,…