Airlines
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Two Hours of Fighting About the Middle East Carriers, and I Still Can’t Get Excited
At last week’s CAPA conference, the highlight was supposed to be the panel debate between US and Middle East carriers over whether…
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Cranky on the Web: Cincinnati Fares Finally Drop, Latrobe Loves Spirit
Spirit Airlines lifts fortunes of Arnold Palmer Regional Airport – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Latrobe is booming thanks to Spirit’s presence at the airport,…
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JetBlue vs Virgin America: Short Haul Edition (Trip Report)
This trip was the first of three in a two-week period, so get ready for a couple more trip reports down the…
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United Makes Some Big Fleet Changes, More Widebodies Coming to Domestic Flights
Over the last few years, we’ve seen most US airlines get really excited about using smaller mainline aircraft in favor of having…
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How American Rebanked Its Chicago and Dallas Operations and Why It’s a Good Thing
You may remember that late in 2013, the new management team at American decided the time had come to rebank its big…
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Topic of the Week: American’s CEO Gets Paid Only in Stock
American CEO Doug Parker said yesterday he was giving up his annual salary and bonus and instead just going to take his…
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US Carriers Continue to Hammer on Middle East Subsidies While Europe Fractures
I’m sure you’ve all just been dying to get an update on the US-Middle East airline fight, right? There’s little to discuss…
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Emirates Shows Off Its Tremendous Attention to Detail at a Movie Premiere in the Sky
Movie premieres happen all the time in LA. What makes them stand out from the crowd? Not much, except for the stars…
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United’s New Three-Course Meal in Long Haul Coach Is a Great Idea… Or a Really Bad One
Let’s give United some real credit here. The airline has actually been doing a fair bit to try to upgrade its onboard…
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I Don’t Know if Southwest’s New Seat is a Good Thing Or Not
Southwest had what it called an “especially amazing” announcement this week. The big news? The airline is introducing a new seat on…
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Topic of the Week: The FAA Steps Up Oversight at United
The headline in the Wall Street Journal says “FAA Calls Out ‘Systemic’ Hazard at United.” (You can Google the title to get…
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How Virgin America Will Fly A320s to Hawai’i When Nobody Else Has Even Tried
We’ve heard rumors about it for years, and now it’s finally going to happen. Virgin America will start flying from San Francisco…