Airlines
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Topic of the Week: United and Denver
This week, United signed a deal with the City of Denver to reduce costs in exchange for extending a commitment to 2035.…
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A Look at Virgin America’s Dallas Operation, and Wondering if Chicago Will Happen
Though Virgin America has publicly said that its future growth will be in LA and San Francisco, it’s hard to forget about…
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How We Made Copa $1,445.60 Richer (Tales From the Field)
I’ve seen several comments on posts in my “Tales From the Field” series asking for stories where it didn’t all work out…
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Now That the Alitalia Deal is Done, Etihad Lays Out Its Vision For Its Newest Toy
I have some bad news. I’m afraid it might be time to shut down the blog after 8 years. At least, that…
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Alaska Shows It Can Do Just Fine in Seattle Even With Delta’s Growth
As Delta has ramped up its operation in Seattle, there’s been plenty of talk about the battle between it and hometown carrier,…
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Cranky on the Web (August 4 – 8)
Mergers that make sense – TravelSkills I was asked when a Virgin America/JetBlue merger would make sense.
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Topic of the Week: The Incredible Shrinking Great Lakes
Great Lakes has been shrinking a lot. Take a look at the most recent traffic numbers. Number of passengers down 62.2 percent.…
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Why Do Airlines Make So Many Annoying Schedule Changes?
Over the last few years, it seems like airline schedule changes have become much more frequent. Now, on most US-based airlines, it’s…
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United is Making Some Network and Scheduling Changes, and Most of Them are Good
In case you missed it, United posted great financial results for the second quarter of this year. While I find it hard…
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Virgin America Wants to Go Public, But Will People Buy It?
Since the dawn of time, or, uh, the dawn of Virgin America, the airline has planned to go public. There has always…
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A Day in the Life of Southwest’s Largest Cargo Operation
I don’t talk about cargo much on the blog, but it is most definitely an integral part of the business. Chances are,…
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Cranky on the Web (July 21 – 25)
Cranky Analysis: Picking Apart Spirit’s Plan of Attack – PlaneBusiness Banter ($$Subscription Required$$) I dug into Spirit’s performance this time and found…