Brett
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Cramming More Seats on Airplanes? That’s Not Always Bad
There has been a lot of buzz around the word “densification” in the airline industry. Usually, when the finance and revenue teams…
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The Consultants Have Won: Air France’s New Airline is Named Joon
When I hear the words “millenials,” “connected,” “international,” and “electric” used in the same press release, I start to feel ill. And…
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3 Links I Love: Near Misses, Frontier Unhinged, Darwin Un-Etihaded, Norwegian Unprofitable
This week’s featured link: NTSB: Air Canada close-call at SFO was even worse than first reported – San Jose Mercury News Any…
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At Least Three Trends and a Lot of Noise in Frontier’s Massive New Route Announcement
It looks like we have a new winner in the “most insane number of new cities/routes announced in a day” category. On…
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Just A Miserable Day of Travel (Trip Report)
There’s an annual trip I do with my cousin and brother’s family up to Sonoma to honor my late cousin Danny, but…
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Sun Country’s New CEO Could Remake the Airline, If Things Go Well
Unless you live in Minneapolis, there’s a good chance you don’t even know the name Sun Country. But sure enough, after more…
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Cranky on the Web: Buying Seats So They Can Be Resold
United considers a new system to resell your seat for a higher price – CNN.com There seems to be a lot of…
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3 Links I Love: Banning Filming On Airplanes, GLO Shuts Down, Israel and Saudi Arabia Warm Up
This week’s featured link: Fliers’ right to video gets push from recent airline incidents – Atlanta Journal-Constitution There’s a very interesting case…
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Why United Might Like to Pay You in Advance to Take a Different Flight
Bloomberg published an article yesterday about a little test United is said to be running that will pay people to give up…
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All Eyes on Argentina (Hopefully to See Something Good)
It’s not often that a highly-protectionist regime disappears leaving vast opportunities for air travel growth, but that’s what we’re seeing in Argentina…
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American and Alaska Start Behaving More Like Competitors as Partner Ties Loosen
Remember how concerned the Department of Justice (DOJ) was about the American partnership reducing competition if Alaska and Virgin America were allowed…
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3 Links I Love: United’s Forced Lap Child, You Aren’t an Expert, and Airport Code Origin Stories
This week’s featured link: United Airlines takes seat away from child on Houston flight, forces him to sit on his mother’s lap…