Airlines
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A Short and Somewhat Confusing History of American Eagle, er, Envoy
American Eagle Airlines has announced that it’s changing its name to Envoy, but it will keep flying under the American Eagle brand.…
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First Glimpse of American’s New York Strategy Shows Less Focus on New Yorkers
We had our first look into the new American’s schedule planning strategy last week when the airline announced how it would deal…
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Cranky on the Web (January 13 – 17)
Airline merger will hurt some cardholders – Philadelphia Inquirer Apparently the decision to stop allowing Amex Platinum access to US Airways clubs…
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Norwegian’s Efforts to Be a Global Airline Cause Major Fights Here in the US
When you hear an airline say it wants to be global, that generally means it wants to fly to places around the…
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American, Delays/Cancellations, Delta, JetBlue, JFK – New York/JFK, ORD – Chicago/O’Hare, United, WeatherAn In-Depth Look at How Airlines Handled the Weather in New York and Chicago
I’ve had a few notes and comments come in regarding how one airline handled the bad weather last week versus another airline.…
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Cranky on the Web (January 6 – 10)
Higher Fees Actually Do Mean Lower Fares, At Least For One Airline – Conde Nast Daily Traveler There is nothing that showers…
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Topic of the Week: United Gets Ready to Make SFO Work Better
We’re finally getting toward the end of United’s tough times at SFO. For awhile now, the operation has been split between its…
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Delta Cabin Upgrades Show the Outline of a Domestic Product Plan
Delta may not have announced it this way, but with yesterday’s decision to rework the cabins on some of the fleet, the…
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I May Not Like American’s Livery But I Get Why It’s Staying
We now know how American will paint its airplanes. Just over half of the 60 percent of American’s employees that voted chose…
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Airlines We Lost in 2013
Another year has come to a close, and with it, so have the lives of several airlines. There weren’t any spectacular shutdowns…
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Cranky on the Web (December 23 – 27)
Scrambling Toward Christmas with Sad Songs, Oscar Isaac, and Tight Flights – The Colin McEnroe Show I was on WNPR to talk…
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Topic of the Week: Feel Good Friday
It’s a light week with not much to discuss, so let’s just watch some of the warm-fuzzy holiday efforts from a couple…