American
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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…
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American Concedes a Small Victory to the Back of the Bus
It wasn’t long ago that I brought the Cranky Jackass award back in order to chastise American for cutting seat pitch just…
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Spring Break in North Carolina (Trip Report)
Spring Break! Ok, so that doesn’t quite mean the same thing as it used to. This year, we took the kids to…
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A Cranky Jackass Award for American’s 737 MAX Torture Chamber
Unlike many of you, I’ve been a fan of traditional airlines increasing density on airplanes over the years. It made sense to…
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3 Links I Love: Let’s Buy Alitalia, American Jacks Up Pay, United Mourns JFK
This week’s featured link: Lufthansa says not interested in taking over Alitalia – Financial Express The worst airline ever continues to live…
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I Don’t Care if a Flight Attendant Almost Hit a Baby
I received several notes over the weekend asking about the incident on American where there was a flight attendant, a mom, a…
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It’s Time for American and Delta to Reinstate Their Interline Agreement
I’ve wanted to write this post for a long time. In fact, I’ve had a blank post with this title sitting in…
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3 Links I Love: American Speeds Up Bags, Delta Makes Comfort+ Magically Appear, Big Windows Rule
This week’s featured link: Competing for B(r)agging Rights – American Airlines Arrivals American puts out a weekly employee newsletter, and it sends…
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The American/China Southern and Delta/Korean Deals Carve Up the Future in Asia
Today I want to talk about a very important topic. Asia. Oh, shoot. In the heat of the moment I picked the…