Brett
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Alaska Sticks With Its Own Brand But Learns a Little From Virgin America Before Killing It
The long-awaited branding decision has been made, and as expected, Alaska will be retiring the Virgin America brand in the next couple…
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A Completely Unnecessary 2.5 Hour Delay: the Delta and Compass Comedy of Errors (Trip Report)
Ok, so I lied. I thought my trip to Puerto Vallarta would be the last time I flew Delta when it was…
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Alitalia’s Board Approves Its Unimaginative and Undoubtedly Unsuccessful Restructuring Plan
Since January, Alitalia, the worst airline ever, has been hard at work on restructuring plan #1,403 so it can save itself from…
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3 Links I Love: JetBlue Not Happy with Embraers, Delta Reviews Its Refinery, Aircraft Graphic Design
This week’s featured link: JetBlue launches fleet review with E190 cost concerns – FlightGlobal It’s been no secret from past comments that…
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Why Returning to West Maui Was a Huge Undertaking for Hawaiian (Across the Aisle)
This month, Hawaiian Airlines returned to the tiny Kapalua West Maui Airport (airport code: JHM) after a nearly 25-year absence with 2…
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American and United Fight to See Who Can Lose More Money in Small Cities
With international markets looking weaker for a variety of reasons, the US legacy carriers have turned their focus inward to domestic markets…
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If You Thought the Alaska/Virgin America Merger Was Anti-Competitive, Take a Look at San Francisco
I can’t recall anyone outside of the federal government thinking that the Alaska/Virgin America merger was in any way anti-competitive, but all…
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Cranky on the Web: 20 Questions with Cranky, American’s Boarding Process, 2016 Ops
I forgot to post these last week, so here’s two week’s worth of stuff. 20 questions with The Cranky Flier (Brett Snyder)…
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3 Links I Love: Boeing’s MoM Gets a Boost, JetBlue Feels Pain in Atlanta, More on the Port Authority Scandal
This week’s featured link: United Looks at Boeing’s ‘Paper Plane’ and Likes What It Sees – Bloomberg Bloomberg has been cranking out…
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Fun with Photos of Qatar’s Impressive New QSuite Business Class
Qatar Airways has long been promising that it would roll-out a world-changing, amazing, industry-leading new business class. After much delay, that day…
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The Airlines Will Never Get Boarding Right, But They Could If They Charged for Carry-Ons
Since the dawn of time (or something like that), airlines have struggled to find the best way to board their airplanes. I…
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In the Great 2017 Mexico City Slot Giveaway, Alaska, JetBlue, Southwest, and Volaris are the Victors
After the US and Mexico agreed to an open skies agreement for travel between the two countries, Delta and Aeromexico wasted no…