Brett
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Spirit CEO Bob Fornaro on the Benefits of Operational Improvement (Across the Aisle)
Welcome back to the second half of my interview with Spirit President and CEO Bob Fornaro. (If you missed the first half,…
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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…