Airlines
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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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More Than Just the CEO’s Mom: Why Rome Isn’t Crazy for Alaska’s First European Flight
When Alaska announced that its first European route would be from Seattle to Rome/FCO next summer, there was some head-scratching all around.…
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United Officially Gets Its Gates at O’Hare, But The Fight Isn’t Over
June 1 was the day that Chicago/O’Hare was required by the terms of its lease to officially publish its new gate map.…
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JetBlue and United Begin Their Partnership With a Few Buried Surprises
The worst-kept secret in the industry finally became officialy last week when United and JetBlue announced the launch of their Blue Sky…
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Southwest’s Push for Ancillaries and Upsells Has Officially Begun
Wednesday, May 28 was a big day in the history of Southwest Airlines. It’s the day the airline took a big step…
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TAP Air Portugal CEO Luís Rodrigues on Needing a Partner, Not Wanting XLRs (Across the Aisle)
We’re going to go old-school today with an Across the Aisle transcript of an interview I did with TAP Air Portugal’s CEO…