Airlines
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Allegiant Leaves LAX And Barely Tries to Replace It
The stage was set back in March when Allegiant decided to close its crew base at LAX. The airline had kept some…
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Breeze Posts Its First Profit While Avelo Crawls Back From the Depths of Despair
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has released Q2 2025 financial statements, so this is our first chance to look at private airlines…
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Cranky on the Web: Spirit in South Florida, A Poor Cranky Dorkfest Article
Broward-based Spirit Airlines plans major cost cuts amid second bankruptcy in a year – CBS News MiamiThe local CBS station in South…
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JetBlue Makes Its Move in Fort Lauderdale
There is no market more interesting than Fort Lauderdale right now — or will be depending upon what happens with Spirit —…
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Scott Kirby Looks Ahead on How to Compete on the Global Stage, Probably with Government Help
United CEO Scott Kirby was recently interviewed by my co-podcaster Brian Sumers on stage at the APEX Expo in Long Beach, and…
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Avelo is Resurrected as Cash and Airplanes Flow In
Avelo was near the top of my list of airlines that might end up making this year’s “Airlines We Lost” post, but…
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Spirit All But Abandons the West
Spirit was born in Detroit, but it earned its ultra low-cost carrier wings in Florida. The West wasn’t a part of the…
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Spirit Reverses Most of Its Recent Network Experiments
Spirit is bankrupt, and it has told us that it will redesign its network. The airline is not wasting much time. Last…
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Spirit is Bankrupt Again, But Will It Survive?
Nobody should be surprised to hear that Spirit has once again filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection — unless the surprise was…
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Frontier Won’t Achieve Its Stated Goal, But What It Really Wants is For Spirit to Die
In a bold pronouncement, Frontier has come out saying that it “commits to being the #1 low fare carrier in the Top…
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A Visit to the Memorial for Alaska 261
Oxnard (in California) is not a household name, but it is a spot I visited as a kid growing up in the…
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Austin Growth Highlights Differences Between Cautious Delta and Frenzied American
Delta last week announced it would continue its slow growth of Austin as a focus city, adding three new destinations while cutting…