Brett
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3 Links I Love: A Lower Cost Virgin Atlantic (or Not), California Pacific’s Lack of Progress, AvGeeks to North Korea
This week’s featured link(s): Virgin Atlantic considers new low-cost Gatwick offshoot – Routes News No new Virgin Atlantic sub-brand coming – Wandering…
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Ryanair Gets Friendlier, Considers Connections for Growth
Many Americans may not realize this, but Ryanair is easily the largest airline in Europe when ranking by number of passengers flown.…
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Alaska’s Chief Commercial Officer Goes Across the Aisle on California, Loyalty Programs, and Domestic Partners (Part 2)
Welcome back to the second half of my interview with Andrew Harrison, Alaska’s Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Yesterday we…
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Alaska’s Chief Commercial Officer Goes Across the Aisle to Talk About The Virgin America Merger (Part 1)
It was only a couple weeks ago that Alaska Airlines announced it would be acquiring Virgin America, and like you, I’m full…
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Cranky on the Web: More Multi City Pricing
Consumers push back on new airline rules, higher fares – Philadelphia Inquirer The airline rules on multi-city trips are still changing, and…
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3 Links I Love: Norwegian Air International Gets Approved, United Settles Its Board Fight, A Play About a Crash
Approving Norwegian Air International will create thousands of new U.S. jobs – The Hill Norwegian’s CEO Bjørn Kjos had a op-ed talking…
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A Video Tour of the JetSuiteX Embraer 135 Interior
Just a couple weeks ago I wrote about JetSuiteX, an effort to run private-style operations at commercial-style fares. The launch was on…
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JetBlue’s Mint Expansion Could Be a Watershed Moment in True Premium Cabin Flying Around the US
Conventional wisdom in the US is that there is a ton of demand for international-style paid premium cabin offerings between New York…
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American, Delta, and United Have Tweaked Their Multi-City Pricing Problem and It’s Now Even More Confusing
It’s been a couple of weeks since I awarded American, Delta, and United a Cranky Jackass Award for blocking most fares from…
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Cranky on the Web: New Airlines in Small Cities, More Alaska/Virgin America, Multi City Fares
Growth in flights at YNG bucks US trends – Youngstown Vindicator Youngstown is getting a new airline to fly to Chicago. I…
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3 Links I Love: United’s Board Compromise, HNA Strikes Again, Fear of Flying
United Airlines to agree with funds to revamp board: CNBC – Reuters Could United’s board room antics finally be coming to an…
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The Only Posting Today is a Job Posting (or Two)
I’m sure you were expecting a regular post today, and I was expecting to write one. But I was hit with a…