American
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American and Alaska Detail Plans to Shrink
A month ago, Horizon Air revealed its plans to focus on the Q400, drop the Q200 and CRJ-700 aircraft, and shrink its…
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Southwest Ends an Era While American Begins a New One
It was a sentimental day over in Dallas yesterday when Herb Kelleher officially stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Southwest…
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Airlines and the Environment
I started putting this post on the airlines and the environment together a long time ago, and then it fell by the…
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Don’t Blame the MD-80 For This Mess
There’s no question that American has done an absolutely terrible job of managing the latest round of MD-80 maintenance issues from a…
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Contrary to Press Reports, Not Every Airplane is Unsafe
Recent media reports might make it seem like the sky is falling; as if every airplane you encounter may be unsafe. Just…
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Frozen Airplane Porn
It’s easy for me to sit here in sunny SoCal and complain when the temps drop into the 60s during the day,…
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Baggage Check-In Times Part Deux
As promised, here’s how those same airlines from yesterday fare when it comes to international baggage check-in times (except Southwest, which doesn’t…
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The Insane World of Baggage Check-in Times
Is there anything more ridiculous than the various baggage check-in time cutoffs that airlines impose? It’s not the idea that bothers me;…
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China Flights Awarded, Not Nearly as Fun as Last Time
Last time, the suspense was great. Who would win the China flight awards? It had all the drama of a good telenovela.…
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Another Dumb Retaliation, Brought to You by American
Anyone catch the significance in American’s latest announcement last week? I suppose it’s not really “significant” in any way. It’s more of…
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American Goes Dang!
First there was Southwest’s Ding!, then there was Ryanair’s Bing!, now there’s . . . American’s Dang!? Enough with the ridiculous punctuation,…
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Forget Texas, Don’t Mess with Northwest
I feel bad for all of you who live in Minneapolis, Detroit, or Memphis. Northwest, the king of retaliation, has successfully fought…