Airlines
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United Will Probably Never Have to Pay Out On Its New Corporate Operational Performance Guarantee, but We Should Still Be Happy It Exists
First Delta announced it would pay corporate accounts if it ran a poor operation. That seemed reasonable since Delta has been running…
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Across the Aisle From American’s SVP of Government Affairs on Why Privatizing Air Traffic Control is Good (and Shouldn’t be Called Privatization)
A couple of weeks ago, I posted an interview with Steve Dickson, Delta’s SVP of Flight Operations, on why Delta opposes efforts…
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3 Links I Love: United Leaves Dubai But Adds Snacks, Pigs on a Runway
Today’s featured link: United Airlines to stop flying to Dubai – Reuters Another one bites the dust. United (again following Delta’s lead)…
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American is the First US Airline to Introduce True Premium Economy, But Others Will Likely Follow
In the last decade, it’s been incredibly rare to hear about American being first, but this is a different American these days.…
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The Only Thing Shocking About Delta Ending Its Interline Agreement With Emirates is That It Took This Long
It happened so quietly that very few people seemed to notice, but over the holiday weekend, Delta ended its interline agreement with…
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Alaska Airlines Adds Extra Legroom Seating But Does It a Bit Differently
Ever since United learned how to monetize Economy Plus about a decade ago, US-based airlines have nearly all come around to the…
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3 Links I Love: The Reason Air Asia Crashed, Delta Defends New York Slots, CEO of the Year
Today’s featured link: Circuit-board solder crack cited in Indonesia AirAsia crash probe – ATW They say it’s never just one thing that…
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Airlines Had a Ton of Late Night Flights Last Night That Don’t Normally Operate
One of the hallmarks of a “new era” legacy airline is its ability to run more flexible banks at its hubs to…
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3 Links I Love: A Small United Airplane on the Horizon?, Air Canada Invades the US, and Black Friday Deals
This week’s featured link: United and ALPA Reach an Agreement in Principle to Extend Pilot Contract – United Newsroom United has been…
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Dining with John Travolta on a Pan Am 747
A couple years ago, you may remember that I put together an evening of dinner and drinks on Anthony Toth’s Pan Am…
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Across the Aisle from Delta’s SVP of Operations on Why Privatizing Air Traffic Control Would Be Bad
If you haven’t heard, it’s time for Congress to once again try to reauthorize the FAA. I say “try” because in general,…
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3 Links I Love: American AAdvantage Goes Revenue-Based, Allegiant Says Aloha to Hawai’i, Interview with Spirit’s CEO
Today’s featured link: American AAdvantage 2016 Changes (Including Award Chart Devaluation) – One Mile at a Time American announced it was going…