Continental
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A Look At Changing Regional Alliances: United (Part 3)
It’s the last day of my vacation, and I’m going to bet that after a week in an RV, I’m ready to…
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The Circle is Complete: ExpressJet’s Long Journey Ends Where It Began
It has been a long road for the regional carrier ExpressJet, but the recent announcement that ExpressJet would be acquired by United…
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3 Links I Love: Air Berlin Restructures, American’s CIO, So Long Vin
Far-reaching restructuring of airberlin to deliver long-term growth – Air Berlin The long-rumored restructuring is here. Air Berlin, long shredding money, is…
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Blaming United’s Problems on Continental (or Vice Versa) is Exactly the Problem
The talk of the US airline industry these days is all about one thing… what’s wrong with United? The airline is underperforming…
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Four Hidden Pieces of History at LAX
Thanks to Chris Sloan of Airchive, I recently had the chance to take a couple hour tour around the grounds at Los…
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The Final Days of the Continental Name (but Continental Itself Lives On)
There are a lot of different milestones that can be used to determine when a merger is truly complete. The one I…
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Topic of the Week: Milestones for Continental and America West
There were a couple of somewhat minor milestones in the eyes of travelers this week, but I thought it was worth sharing.…
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Cranky on the Web (November 7 – 11)
Airline Wi-Fi Check: Which Have It? – Conde Nast Daily Traveler In light of United’s announcement that it was putting wifi on…
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United Releases a Few Good Product Enhancements Amidst a Lot of Old News
This week is the GBTA Convention (formerly known as NBTA until it decided to go “global,” or something like that), and the…
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United’s “Customer Day One” Doesn’t See Many Changes
I’m not quite sure how this was decided, but yesterday was “Customer Day One” for the combined Continental and United.. That doesn’t…
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United Announces Onboard Wifi, But It’s Hardly a Ringing Endorsement
Earlier this week, United announced that it will finally put wifi onboard about 200 of its airplanes. You would think that this…
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Why United Can’t Use Its Own 757s to Fly to Europe
It was just announced that the new United will start flying 757s from Washington to Europe for the first time when it…