Brett
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Thinking Through DOT’s Surprising FAA Oversight Memo
You may have heard yesterday something about how the Department of Transportation (DOT) was investigating maintenance practices at Allegiant and American. That’s…
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Alaska Prepares to Shuffle Airbus and Boeing Fleets
The “proudly all-Boeing” Alaska Airlines is no more. With the Virgin America merger done from a customer perspective, there are both Airbus…
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Southwest Continues to Slowly Trickle Out Details of Hawai’i Flying
I can’t decide whether to be annoyed or just plain impressed at how much Southwest has drawn out the announcement of its…
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Cranky on the Web: Kansas City’s New Terminal
Long-Awaited KC Airport Rebuild Moving Ahead – Icons of Infrastructure I had never heard of this publication previously, but I really enjoyed…
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3 Links I Love: WOW Gets Crazy, Hawaiian Stories, United’s New Coach Seat
This Week’s Featured Link: Iceland’s WOW air eyes first foreign hub, Asian routes – ch-aviation I can’t say this news about WOW…
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(Even More) Storm Clouds on the Horizon for Alitalia
You’ve probably been wondering when there would be a new post on Alitalia. After all, the airline was supposed to have been…
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The Deal That Brought a Delta Transatlantic Flight to Indianapolis
It’s not surprising to see airports put out incentive packages to bring in new flights, but there was something about the deal…
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Questionable Motives and Tactics Cast a Shadow on the 60 Minutes Allegiant Story
When word came down that 60 Minutes would be shining a spotlight on Allegiant’s safety record a couple weeks back, I assumed…
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Cranky on the Web: Dynamic Pricing’s Pros and Cons, More on JetBlue, Cranky Profiled
To work, dynamic pricing must be transparent – Travel Weekly Ok, so technically I wasn’t quoted in this piece, but instead the…
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Mark Your Calendars: 2018 Dorkfest is on September 22
I usually wait until June to set a date for Dorkfest, but many of you have asked if I could move things…
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JetBlue’s New SoCal Strategy: Shrink Long Beach, Grow Long Haul
One of the biggest questions surrounding JetBlue has been what exactly it was going to do for its West Coast strategy. It…
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Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia Prepare for Battle as Joint Venture Ends
It’s not often we see a joint venture unravel, but that’s exactly what’s happening across the Tasman as Air New Zealand has…