Alaska Airlines
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Alaska and Virgin America Are Cleared to Merge With Minor But Unhelpful Conditions
Can you believe it’s been more than 7 months since I last wrote about the Alaska/Virgin America merger? Way back at the…
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3 Links I Love: An Oscar Profile, Herb Looks Back, Alaska Reunion
This week’s featured link: How United’s Oscar Munoz Bounced Back After a Heart Transplant – Fortune Hers a good, long look at…
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3 Links I Love: Why Southwest Says Its IT Failed, Calls for Southwest CEO’s Head, Talking Alaska-Virgin America
This week’s featured link: Southwest CEO: Router failure that grounded flights equated to ‘once-in-a-thousand-year flood’ – Dallas Morning News Something tells me…
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3 Links I Love: Southwest’s Ancient Tech, Government Moves on UAE/Qatar, Alaska Goes SLO
This week’s featured link: Now Southwest Can Act Like Other Airlines. Uh-Oh? – Bloomberg Southwest is slowly lurching toward finally getting a…
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Alaska’s Chief Commercial Officer Goes Across the Aisle on California, Loyalty Programs, and Domestic Partners (Part 2)
Welcome back to the second half of my interview with Andrew Harrison, Alaska’s Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Yesterday we…
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Alaska’s Chief Commercial Officer Goes Across the Aisle to Talk About The Virgin America Merger (Part 1)
It was only a couple weeks ago that Alaska Airlines announced it would be acquiring Virgin America, and like you, I’m full…
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3 Links I Love: Newark Loses Slots, Alaska’s Regional Name, and JetBlue Looks for Virgins
This week’s featured link: Change of Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) Designation – Federal Register Lost in the madness this week was…
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Alaska Acquires Virgin America With an Eye on Growing California
In what can only be considered a most unlikely and incredibly successful exit for Virgin America’s owners, Alaska has agreed to buy…
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Cranky on the Web: An Alaska-Virgin America Merger, Seat Size Rules
Hawaii senators want an end to shrinking airplane seat sizes – Associated Press Apparently Hawaiian lawmakers also think seat size regulation is…
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Many Airlines Say They Have the Best On Time Performance, Let’s See How They’re All Right
The funny thing about statistics is you can really manipulate them to say pretty much whatever you want. Airlines are certainly good…
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3 Links I Love: American Adds Profit Sharing, Baltia’s Domestic Plans, Alaska’s Electronic Bag Tag
This week’s featured link: AA Announces New Profit Sharing Plan – American Airlines American announced this week that it was finally giving…
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3 Links I Love: United’s Board Room Brawl, Amazon Airlines, Alaska’s Eclipse Flight
This week’s featured link: And it Turned in to a Boardroom Blitz – Wandering Aramean I was debating writing a full post…