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3 Links I Love: Northern Pacific, A Terrible Winglet, CBX Success, and the GAO
This Week’s Featured Link World Routes 2021: exclusive interview with Northern Pacific Airways CEO, Rob McKinney – AviacionlineThis is an interesting interview…
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Doing the Math on the Premium-Heavy Breeze A220s
Earlier this week, Breeze rolled out its first A220-300. With all the speculation about flat beds and what else might be on…
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American Announces the End of the Frequent Flier Program With Elite Status That Can Be Earned Without Flying
Beginning with elite qualifying for 2023, American will scrap the current elite qualifying system and now create something called Loyalty Points which…
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A Quiet Week of Schedule Changes Still Has a Few Surprises
At long last, a breather. The residents of Airlineville all took a collective breath this week and just relaxed. Ok, maybe not…
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3 Links I Love: American’s Distinguished Achievement, Delta Marketing Opportunity, Misusing Slots
This Week’s Featured Link 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award – The Wings ClubThis isn’t an article, but it’s worth noting. Tonight is the annual…
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More Complicated Fares Coming to an Airline Near You
People have long complained about the complexity involved in airline fares, but you ain’t seen nothing yet. ATPCO — the industry’s fare…
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Southwest Continues to Irresponsibly Blame the Weather For Its Woes
It’s not every day I get to accuse an airline of gaslighting, but that appears to be exactly what Southwest has been…
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Airlines Dare To Make Summer Plans, Try to Get Back Toward Normal
The residents of Airlineville have been living day by day for the last couple of years, and they’re sick of it. So,…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Post-9/11 Travel Changes
Cranky Talk – Post-9/11 Travel Changes It’s time for a trip in the wayback machine. Dave and I went back 20 years…
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Cranky on the Web: Vaccine Mandate Check, Cranky Dorkfest Interviews
There is no evidence that Southwest Airlines cancellations were caused by workers protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandate – VerifyVerify came back to me…
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3 Links I Love: Skirting the Mandate, Friends Again, Damn the DOJ, Alitalia is Reborn Again
This Week’s Featured Link Southwest CEO: When an airline falls behind, it’s hard to catch up – CNBCIf I’m understanding this right,…
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United Adds Exotic Destinations For Next Summer
It’s that time of year again when airlines start revealing their plans for summer 2022, and United has again taken this to…