Airlines
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The US Government Gets Tough on Mexico, and Americans Will Suffer If It Follows Through
Nobody can be surprised to hear that the US government is getting tough on Mexico. After all, we live in an “America…
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A Taste of Elite Status on Alaska (Trip Report)
With my daughter at camp for two weeks and my son on an adventure with my parents, my wife and I had…
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When Avelo Walks Away, Breeze Steps Right In
Earlier this week, Avelo announced that it would be fully abandoning its West Coast network. With the airline packing up and heading…
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The First Quarter Was Bad for Many, But None Were Hit as Hard as Avelo
While I was gone on vacation, the first quarter DB1B data came out from government, so we can finally get a more…
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Iberia’s Remarkable Transformation Into a Profitable Growth Engine
Flash back about 15 years, and Iberia was a joke. It was busy flying a fleet of gas-guzzling four-engine widebodies along with…
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Spirit Strangely Eliminates a Fare Bundle, Renames the Others
Sometimes watching Spirit work feels like watching someone rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic. The recent announcement that the airline would be…
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Cranky on the Web: An Air Show Air Show Wrap, The Best and Worst Airports
The Best Airports in the US…and the Worst – BottomLineI did a long interview with someone from BottomLine asking about features of…
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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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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…