Alaska Airlines
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Alaska Leans Into Its Oneworld Partnership With New Routes
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Alaska Replaces Most of Its Airbus Fleet with the MAX
I know, I know. It’s a Wednesday, and you don’t usually get a post on Wednesday. But as I prepare my regular…
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3 Links I Love: JetBlue’s London Jaunt, Tariff Evasion, Hawai’i Demand
This week’s featured link JetBlue’s initial London play: Stansted and Gatwick – PaxEx.aeroJetBlue has the slots, and that means London is coming.…
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Alaska and oneworld Open Up Ahead of Today’s Official Joining Announcement
This morning, Alaska is announcing that the MOU is signed, and it is now officially a member-elect in the oneworld alliance. This,…
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September Capacity Cuts Begin While Southwest Adds New Last Minute Routes
It was another barn-burner of a weekend as I spent Friday night looking over all the new schedule data filed with Diio…
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Alaska Adds Seven New Los Angeles Routes to the Northwest and Leisure Spots
Alaska has long been something of a tweener in the hyper-competitive Los Angeles market. While American, Delta, Southwest, and United all battle…
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Alaska Pulls Back in July
I mentioned yesterday that Alaska’s completion factor in the last week had suffered because it had pulled back from operating capacity it…
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Airline Operations Stabilize as Schedules Become More Reliable
Running an operation at a time when schedules are changing frequently and close to departure is not for the faint of heart.…
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3 Links I Love: A 5 Year Recovery, Mitsubishi Hurting, Ryanair Denies Airbus
This week’s featured link COVID-19 Outlook for air travel in the next 5 years – IATAThis presentation has all kinds of interesting…
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Flying Across the Country On an Empty Airplane (Guest Trip Report)
Those of you who have subscribed to the Cranky Coronavirus Daily Update are familiar with Andrew’s moment of levity. (If not, you…
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Alaska, JetBlue Get Creative to Satisfy Government Stimulus Requirements
The absurdity of the government stimulus minimum service requirements continue to cause problems, but Alaska and JetBlue are getting creative in finding…
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Cranky on the Web: Screens in Seatbacks, The Impact on Delta
Inflight Movies: Does Anyone Really Want to Watch Them on a Phone? – The Wall Street Journal ($Subscription Required$)It’s the age-old question…