Midwest Airlines
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Finally Flying Midwest, er Frontier, er Chautauqua (Trip Report)
It seems like I’ve been trying to fly Midwest for years. When I was in school in DC in the ’90s, I…
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Frontier Quietly Introduces Stretch Premium Economy
Frontier has been surprisingly quiet about its latest product change, a new premium economy section called Stretch. I saw it mentioned on…
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SkyWest to Start Flying for AirTran in Milwaukee
You cheeseheads may still be hurting from your second Favre-related beatdown this year, but you can rejoice that you now have yet…
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Midwest Airlines Stops Flying (Its Own Planes)
This may seem like a footnote to some, but just two days ago, Midwest officially stopped flying its own aircraft. That doesn’t…
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Midwest and Frontier Start Swapping Airplanes in the Middle of the Day
We’ve talked about how Republic’s acquisition of Frontier and Midwest has given the carrier tremendous flexibility in moving its airplanes around between…
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Frontier Sends A319s to Milwaukee, Republic Sends Embraers to Denver
Well, well. It looks like the Republic Airways integration has now begun. In November, we’ll start seeing Frontier A319s flying out of…
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Cranky on the Web (September 14 – 18)
Why Comair’s On-Time Performance is More Concerning Than Atlantic Southeast’s – BNET Comair and ASA both sat at the bottom of the…
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Republic Wins the Right to Buy Frontier – Now What?
I certainly didn’t see this one coming. Thanks to a greatly increased bid and Southwest’s unwillingness to do a deal without labor’s…
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Cranky Around the Web (August 3 – 7)
Republic Completes Purchase of Midwest, But Frontier Hangs in the Balance – BNET Midwest is now officially owned by Republic, but its…
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Random Thoughts About Booking My Holiday Flights
Christmas is one of those times where I don’t like to play games with strategizing about the best time to book my…
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Details of Obama’s Wild Plane Ride
Last year, when then-Senator Obama was busy criss-crossing the country in support of his presidential bid, he ran into some trouble on…
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Is Midwest Trying to be the First to Convert to a Virtual Airline?
Anyone been paying attention to Midwest Airlines lately? It’s certainly understandable if you haven’t. They’ve spent the last few years shrinking into…