American
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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…
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Cramming More Seats on Airplanes? That’s Not Always Bad
There has been a lot of buzz around the word “densification” in the airline industry. Usually, when the finance and revenue teams…
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American and Alaska Start Behaving More Like Competitors as Partner Ties Loosen
Remember how concerned the Department of Justice (DOJ) was about the American partnership reducing competition if Alaska and Virgin America were allowed…
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American Shuns Sticks, Tries Carrots to Woo Agencies Toward a Better Way of Booking
American rolled out a major new program on Friday that’s intended to encourage travel agencies/travel management companies to start booking flights differently…
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3 Links I Love: Qatar’s Unwelcome Investment, AirAsia X Won’t Go Long, The Onion Tells the Truth
This week’s featured link: American’s SEC Filing About Qatar’s Investment Interest – EDGAR American has received word that Qatar is interested in…