Airlines
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Alaska Airlines, Allegiant, ExpressJet, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Mesa Airlines, Republic, SkyWest, Spirit, Sun Country, Trans States, Virgin AmericaEverything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About US Airline Tail Numbers (Part 2)
I had a lot of great feedback on last week’s post about the aircraft registrations of the big four airlines in the…
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Cranky on the Web (October 13 – 17)
The real story behind the collapse in Southwest’s on-time performance – Los Angeles Times Apparently someone at the LA Times saw my…
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Topic of the Week: Fancy Gate Transfer By Car
First in the US, it was Delta and its Porsches. Then it was United and its Mercedes fleet. Now we have American…
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Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know About US Airline Tail Numbers (Part 1)
I recently received an email from a reader, Bob S, asking me about aircraft tail numbers. It seemed like a simple topic,…
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American’s Application to Take One of Delta’s Slots at Tokyo Haneda Airport is a Fun Read
Anyone who thought that once consolidation was done we’d see the big three legacy carriers hand-in-hand enjoying a new era of peace…
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Cranky on the Web (October 5 – 10)
World’s largest passenger plane gets more U.S. routes – USA Today There are a lot more A380s in the US today than…
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Topic of the Week: Etihad Airways Partners
Etihad is trying to put some real structure behind its group of equity investments. The new Etihad Airways Partners group has been…
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Frontier’s Entrance Into Miami Seems Insane, But It Might Not Be
I’ve railed against Miami International Airport and its absurdly pricey airport projects in the past. All this drunken spending gave Ft Lauderdale…
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United is Doing a Better Job of Reaccommodating Schedule Changes (Tales From the Field)
I have a very strange Tales From the Field post this week. What’s so odd about it? It doesn’t involve me fighting…
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Spirit and Frontier Seem to Be Up for a Fight
For years, Spirit has said that it has hundreds of markets it can serve profitably in the US. With so much room…
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Topic of the Week: Will PEOPLExpress Fly Again?
That didn’t take long. PEOPLExpress has already shut down thanks to what it says was a problem with airplanes from its contractor…
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Eight First Class Tickets on Delta to Maui for the Price of One (Trip Report)
For the third year in a row, we had decided to take a late Summer/early Fall vacation to Maui. Two years ago,…