American
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American Makes a Few More Minor Changes, But This Time There’s Plenty of Advance Notice
As the days go by, American and US Airways make more and more progress on bringing the two airlines together. Yesterday there…
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American Picks Up Some United Gates at LAX, But Why?
You might know American and United as large airlines that compete with each other head-to-head. But if you’ve been reading the headlines…
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Cranky on the Web (May 26 – 30)
Cranky Analysis: Big Opportunity for American in the DFW Metroplex; Data Turns Up An Unexpected Gem – PlaneBusiness Banter (Subscription Required) I’m…
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American and Delta Do Well Despite Airport Issues (Trip Report)
I’m doing a lot of travel this month, so you can expect more trip reports than normal. This particular one was for…
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Topic of the Week: Hubs Keep Getting Bigger
This last week, we saw Qantas announce that it was upgauging its Sydney-Dallas/Ft Worth flight to an A380. That means more feed…
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Topic of the Week: First Quarter Earnings Show a Struggling United, JetBlue
For quarter earnings are out for the big guys, and the results are pretty easily divided into winners and losers. Losers United…
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Cranky on the Web (April 7 – 11)
American makes changes to its frequent flier program – Ft Worth Star-Telegram I was asked to comment on American’s recent changes to…
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American Makes a Few Fairly Insignificant Changes But Delivers the News Poorly
Well, I messed this one up. Scheduled it to go live on Thursday as my regular post, or so I thought, but…
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Across the Aisle from American’s Alliance Boss on Growing oneworld, the Future of the Alaska Partnership, and More
Today, US Airways and TAM both officially join oneworld, making that alliance significantly bigger. I had the chance to talk to Kurt…
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Winning and Losing Airports in the Washington/National Slot Shuffle
Washington’s National Airport is, to put it mildly, a highly desirable place to fly. It is mere minutes from downtown Washington and…
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American Decides to Cut All Ties with JetBlue
American put out a very tersely-worded release last week announcing that its relationship with JetBlue was coming to an end. This had…
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American is Upgrading Its 767s, but Only the Front Half
Before the US Airways merger, American had said it would eventually refit some of its 767 fleet with flat beds in Business…