Airlines
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In the Great 2017 Mexico City Slot Giveaway, Alaska, JetBlue, Southwest, and Volaris are the Victors
After the US and Mexico agreed to an open skies agreement for travel between the two countries, Delta and Aeromexico wasted no…
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3 Links I Love: Avianca Drama, Buffett on His Airline Purchases, United’s New Way of Serving Venezuela
This week’s featured link: United-Avianca Deal Becomes Target of Lawsuit by Kingsland – Bloomberg Avianca has been desperately looking for new investors,…
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United’s Big Summer Expansion Confirms Its Focus on Connecting Traffic
When Scott Kirby left American to take over as President of United, he noted that United needed to do a better job…
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My Last Delta Trip From Terminal 5 at LAX Takes Me to Mexico (Trip Report)
A couple years ago, three friends and I decided to put together a guys’ trip to Cabo. Two years later, we decided…
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Norwegian Schedules the First of What Will Likely Be Many 737 MAXs Crossing the Atlantic
It’s been in the works for years, and now it’s official. Norwegian last week unveiled its first 737 MAX schedules for transatlantic…
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Cranky on the Web: Norwegian’s New York Plans
Cheap International Flights Set To Take Off From Upstate Airport – CBS 2 New York I did a Skype interview with the…
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3 Links I Love: Air Asia’s Growth in the US, Norwegian Too, Delta Winglet Porn
This week’s featured link: CEO Interview: Air Asia X’s Plan to Make Cheap Trans-Pacific Flights a Reality – Skift When I wrote…
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American Tests Markets in Basic Economy Rollout While United Focuses on Fare Levels
A funny thing happened on Tuesday when both American and United officially filed their first Basic Economy fares in the market. (If…
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Spirit is Fulfilling Its Promise to Run a Better Operation
If you’ve flown Spirit lately, you may have noticed something surprising: the airline is running a better operation than it has in…
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3 Links I Love: Another Defection From American to United, Frontier Trying to Fix Things, United’s New 777-300ER
This week’s featured link: Yet Another American Airlines Executive Leaves for United – Airways Word starting leaking out quickly on Wednesday. Andrew…
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Southwest’s Schedule Will Start Varying More Each Day of the Week
If you call in to Southwest’s reservations line today, you’ll get a message telling you that if you’re traveling before May 9,…
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The Asian ULCC Invasion of the US Begins
There have been many attempts at low cost carrier flying over the Atlantic over the decades, but the Pacific has never seen…