Brett
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Alaska Takes a Stab at the Subscription Economy with California Flight Pass
Alex Corey, Alaska’s MD of Revenue Products & Strategy, told me yesterday that the airline had been developing the idea of entering…
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What Billions of Dollars Will Do at JFK
There’s been plenty of talk about New York/LaGuardia finally having shed itself of the old Central Terminal Area with its gleaming new…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Spirit and Frontier Merge!
Cranky Talk – Spirit and Frontier Merge! We had a whole plan for this week’s Cranky Talk, and then Frontier and Spirit…
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Cranky on the Web: The Frontier/Spirit Merger
What the Frontier-Spirit deal means for RDU, other mid-sized airports – Triangle Business JournalAny time there’s a merger, every town wants to…
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3 Links I Love: Finnair’s Nest, Turkish Recreates Pangea, Winter in Cape Town, PLAYing in New York
This Week’s Featured Link Finnair long-haul revamp: New business class and premium economy cabins on offer – PaxEx.aeroFinnair is putting a new…
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Frontier’s Quick Meltdown Recovery
Overshadowed by the Frontier/Spirit merger announcement was an operational meltdown at Frontier on Monday. The airline had to cancel more than a…
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Spirit and Frontier: Together At Last
The news broke early yesterday, and people couldn’t stop talking about it… Maury Gallagher is retiring as CEO of Allegiant! Oh wait,…
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Qatar Bets Big on Boeing, Cargo
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen an airline put its full faith in Boeing, but Qatar has recently done just…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest CEO’s New Job, Business Travel
Bob Jordan is now Southwest Airlines’ new CEO. Here’s what’s on his plate – CNBCI know it sounds funny, but I think…
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3 Links I Love: Failed LAX Plans, Bjorn Speaks, Vending Machine Ramen, A New Southwest Airport
This Week’s Featured Link LAX Alternate Universe – Flight Path Museum LAXHere is a lengthy and detailed look at some of the…
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Airline Groups Continue to Yell Into the Void Against COVID Testing for Travel
It is no surprise at all to see airline lobbying organizations try to push the narrative that border closings are a bad…
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Mark Your Calendars: Cranky Dorkfest is September 17
I regularly get questions about when Cranky Dorkfest will be each year, and it seems like I start getting them about one…