Airlines
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Flying Icelandair Saga Class is Good, But A New, Better Seat is Coming (Guest Trip Report)
Disclosure: Icelandair paid for the flights and hotels on David’s trip to the Faroe Islands. Earlier I wrote about Icelandair’s new service…
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American May Have Reversed Course on Distribution Strategy, But It Better Not Give Up Completely
The big news last week was that American Chief Commercial Officer Vasu Raja was pushed out and CEO Robert Isom promised to…
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Checking in Alaska As It Preps for the Hawaiian Merger
I posted my conversation with Hawaiian CEO Peter Ingram last week, and then, well, Americanʻs big changes distracted me. But my head…
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Cranky on the Web: The New Frontier, American’s Detente, No Upgrades for You
A new Frontier? Airline adds bundled fare options – Travel Weekly Here’s another look at Frontier’s new bundle strategy. This will help…
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American Begins the Long and Difficult Task of Fixing the Mess It Created Over the Last Two Years
Two weeks ago, the rumors began to swirl. American Chief Commercial Officer Vasu Raja was out. Or he was at least taking…
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Checking in on Hawaiian Airlines with CEO Peter Ingram
Last week, I was supposed to be with some friends hiking around Molokai, but Mother Nature had other plans. The abnormal deluge…
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Getting to the Faroe Islands Just Got Easier (Guest Trip Report)
Disclosure: Icelandair provided the flights and lodging for this trip Where?” “The Faroe Islands.” “Where is that?” “About halfway between Iceland and…
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Frontier Tries to Make It Easier for Travelers to Part With (Less of) Their Money
Frontier made a splash last week by saying is is now “The New Frontier” with “Transparent Pricing, No Change/Cancel Fees, and Enhanced…
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JetBlue’s Recent Network Changes Show Promise
Once the JetBlue and Spirit merger died, the two airlines took different paths. Spirit has been pretty steady, not releasing many details…
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Even on a Short Flight, Delta Just Feels a Little Different (Trip Report)
There are certain events that really make you step back and realize just how quickly time passes. My recent 20th grad school…
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Putting American’s Network Superiority Claims to the Test
At American’s Investor Day two months ago, it started to create a justification for its focus on smaller cities using “network superiority”…
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Spirit Teases But Doesn’t Reveal Its Plan to Fix the Airline
In the airline industry, cash is king. It’s expensive to operate an airline but as long as you have cash, you can…