Airlines
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The United B777-200s Are Living on Borrowed Time
There is no other airplane in the US quite like it. United’s B777-200s in the domestic configuration are massive passenger haulers meant…
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The Feds Step in to Prevent Impending Chicago Gridlock at O’Hare
The arms race at Chicagoʻs OʻHare airport looks like itʻs about to be put on pause now that the Federal Aviation Administration…
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United Flight Attendants are Closing In on a Contract
One of the longest open labor negotiations in the US has been between United and its flight attendants. It’s been going on…
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Cranky on the Web: United Only Likes You If You Have the Credit Card, Spirit in Vegas
Spirit Airlines may end Las Vegas flights from several West Coast cities – 3 News Las Vegas The word “may” is doing…
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Spirit Plans to be a Premium, Big City Allegiant
Spirit continues to fight through its Chapter 11 proceeding with surprising success. While many have assumed that the airline would never make…
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Frontier in New York and Los Angeles: A Tale of Two (Expensive) Cities
Frontier decided to end its efforts to make a go of things at New York’s JFK airport last week with the termination…
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Frontier Goes Back to the Future: Higher Frequency and a Lot of Florida and Vegas
At long last, Frontier has filed its schedules for summer travel. Last weekend we saw the airline roll its end-of-schedule from May…
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Nat Pieper Tackles the Tall Task of Fixing American’s Revenue Problems
Late last year, American brought in Nat Pieper from, well, from right down the hallway where he was CEO of the oneworld…
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Checking in on BermudAir and Its New Sister AnguillAir
More than two years ago, I asked, who the heck is BermudAir? The airline has actually been flying for more than two…
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It’s Time to Appreciate The New Southwest
Today on The Air Show podcast, we released an interview with Southwest COO Andrew Watterson and CFO Tom Doxey. You should listen…
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United To Take Chicago by Force, Will Hit 750 Peak Day Departures
What a difference a day makes. After writing about the escalating war between United and American yesterday, United has decided it is…
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The War Between American and United Continues to Escalate
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a good, old-fashioned, knock-down war between two airlines, but sure enough it seems that we are…