Brett
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Spirit Objects to the United/JetBlue Partnership, Tells DOT to Act
United and JetBlue carefully crafted their Blue Sky partnership to avoid any regulatory concerns. The airlines aren’t codesharing, there is no pricing…
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How The B757 Changed the Hawaiian Interisland Market
Yesterday I talked about how Delta had lost its interisland partner in Hawaiʻi, but then I wondered just how much of a…
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Delta Loses Its Interisland Partner in Hawaiʻi, And It Has No Options
Delta quietly posted on its airline partner page that its loyalty partnership with Hawaiian Airlines will be ending on June 30. This…
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Cranky on the Web: Finding Domestic Widebodies
Want to fly in a fancy seat for less? Try this hack. | Cruising Altitude – USA TodayI hate how click-baity this…
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Earning Back the Cost of Alaska’s Premium Class (Trip Report)
The day I was flying up to San Francisco, Alaska had a total of 108 flights solely-within California on 15 distinct routes.…
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The Times They Are a Changin’: Anatomy of a Schedule Change
Over Memorial Day weekend, American filed its “overlay” for post-Labor Day travel through September. This is the schedule the airline intends to…
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Silver was Bought by Wexford for Cheap, But It Still Won’t Bother Flying
Wexford Capital is back, and that’s a name you might remember from the past. The company is a bottom-feeding private equity investment…
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Piedmont Escapes Death Once Again as American Doles Out Embraer 175s
Piedmont has long seemed like an airline living on borrowed time. For years it was the airline flying the smallest and least…
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Avelo Gets Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place
When Avelo decided to relocate airplanes to Phoenix/Mesa and operate deportation flights for the federal government, you probably saw the headlines raking…
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With JetBlue’s Partnership with United, JFK’s Terminal Fiefdoms Become More Clear
I am always fascinated by New York’s JFK International Airport. It’s one of the rare examples in the US — the only…
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Cranky on the Web: American’s Fancy New 787
American’s inaugural flight on its new 787-9, internally called the 787-9P, was from Chicago to Los Angeles this week. While the airplane…
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Visual Aids for The Air Show’s JetZero Z4 Discussion
This week on The Air Show, we are talking about JetZero and its proposed aircraft. With the episode just going live —…