Airlines
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3 Links I Love: Delta’s Weird CLEAR Move, Burbank’s Silly Renaming, United’s New Gift Delivery Service
This week’s featured link: Delta Air Lines and CLEAR Partner to Improve Airport Experience – Delta News Hub One of the initiatives…
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Delta Moves to Require Roundtrip Purchase for Lowest Fares
If you fly Delta and you like to buy one way fares on nonstop flights, get ready to pay more. Delta has…
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Delta’s C-Series Aircraft Order is Great News for Travelers
There were undoubtedly a lot of hangovers in Canada this weekend. After several false starts and plenty of rumors, it is now…
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3 Links I Love: A Lower Cost Virgin Atlantic (or Not), California Pacific’s Lack of Progress, AvGeeks to North Korea
This week’s featured link(s): Virgin Atlantic considers new low-cost Gatwick offshoot – Routes News No new Virgin Atlantic sub-brand coming – Wandering…
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Ryanair Gets Friendlier, Considers Connections for Growth
Many Americans may not realize this, but Ryanair is easily the largest airline in Europe when ranking by number of passengers flown.…
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Alaska’s Chief Commercial Officer Goes Across the Aisle on California, Loyalty Programs, and Domestic Partners (Part 2)
Welcome back to the second half of my interview with Andrew Harrison, Alaska’s Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Yesterday we…
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Alaska’s Chief Commercial Officer Goes Across the Aisle to Talk About The Virgin America Merger (Part 1)
It was only a couple weeks ago that Alaska Airlines announced it would be acquiring Virgin America, and like you, I’m full…
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3 Links I Love: Norwegian Air International Gets Approved, United Settles Its Board Fight, A Play About a Crash
Approving Norwegian Air International will create thousands of new U.S. jobs – The Hill Norwegian’s CEO Bjørn Kjos had a op-ed talking…
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JetBlue’s Mint Expansion Could Be a Watershed Moment in True Premium Cabin Flying Around the US
Conventional wisdom in the US is that there is a ton of demand for international-style paid premium cabin offerings between New York…
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American, Delta, and United Have Tweaked Their Multi-City Pricing Problem and It’s Now Even More Confusing
It’s been a couple of weeks since I awarded American, Delta, and United a Cranky Jackass Award for blocking most fares from…
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HNA Group is Challenging Etihad as the Patron Saint of Failing Airlines
How many of you have even heard of HNA Group? The Chinese-based group is massive with holdings in everything from airlines to…
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Cranky on the Web: Virgin America and Alaska, Airline Complaints, More
5 years later, Continental-United merger still stirs strong feelings – Houston Chronicle This piece is a look back on how United and…