Brett
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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…
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3 Links I Love: Avianca Drama, Buffett on His Airline Purchases, United’s New Way of Serving Venezuela
This week’s featured link: United-Avianca Deal Becomes Target of Lawsuit by Kingsland – Bloomberg Avianca has been desperately looking for new investors,…
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United’s Big Summer Expansion Confirms Its Focus on Connecting Traffic
When Scott Kirby left American to take over as President of United, he noted that United needed to do a better job…
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My Last Delta Trip From Terminal 5 at LAX Takes Me to Mexico (Trip Report)
A couple years ago, three friends and I decided to put together a guys’ trip to Cabo. Two years later, we decided…
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Norwegian Schedules the First of What Will Likely Be Many 737 MAXs Crossing the Atlantic
It’s been in the works for years, and now it’s official. Norwegian last week unveiled its first 737 MAX schedules for transatlantic…
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Cranky on the Web: Norwegian’s New York Plans
Cheap International Flights Set To Take Off From Upstate Airport – CBS 2 New York I did a Skype interview with the…