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United Improves While JetBlue, Alaska, and Southwest Don’t in 2017 On-Time Derby
It’s time for some fun with numbers. The year is over, and my technical issue with masFlight was fixed. That means I…
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Just How Did American Perform After Its Pilot Schedule Problem?
Remember way back in early December? There were no absurdly-named bomb cyclones to speak of (if you have had to touch that…
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3 Links I Love: A Political Bonus Thanks to Tax Reform, A 747 Wedding
This week’s TWO featured links: Southwest Airlines Rings In The New Year Under Tax Reform With Employee Bonus, Charitable Contribution, And Further…
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American Significantly Increases Coach Award Space On Connecting Flights
At media day earlier this year, American admitted that it needed to loosen up on award availability. The airline has recently, quietly,…
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Trump Gets Tough on the Middle East Airlines… Or Possibly Not
If you saw the news earlier this week that President Trump had addressed the gulf carrier subsidy issue, you could be forgiven…
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American’s Rationale For Expanding Basic Economy to Mexico and the Caribbean Sounds Like Garbage, But It’s Probably Not
Though American and United both began rolling out Basic Economy fares around the same time, United rushed it and made mistakes. American,…
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Cranky on the Web: American’s Overblown Pilot Problem, Holiday Travel Deals
American Airlines updates worried travelers after glitch left thousands of holiday flights without pilots – Dallas Morning News (Paywall) When there’s a…
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Flat Beds on the American 767-300, Then Coach Home (Trip Report)
As I wrote yesterday, it’s a quiet Thanksgiving week, so I’m posting my recent trip reports to get them out of the…
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3 Links I Love: Air France’s Optimism, You Get What You Pay For, No More KLM Fokkers
This week’s featured link: Interview: Air France-KLM CEO on Millennials and Unions of All Kinds – Skift Ever wonder what runs through…
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American’s New Senior Vice President of Los Angeles Gives The Airline’s Vision for the City
Back in May, Suzanne Boda was named American’s Senior Vice President of Los Angeles. The creation of this role was a visible…
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At LaGuardia, JetBlue and Alaska Customers Win in the Temporary Terminal Shuffle
You don’t need me to tell you that New York’s LaGuardia Airport sucks. If you’ve been even remotely near the place, you…
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Random and Interesting Tidbits From American and United at the Boyd Conference
I generally prefer to write posts around a single, cohesive topic, but the more I dug into my notes from the Boyd…