Airlines
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Topic of the Week: JetBlue Cleans House
After a rough winter operationally followed by the pilots voting to unionize, JetBlue is making a bunch of management changes. First, these…
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The Evolution of Premium Economy (and What the Heck Is It Anyway?)
The term “premium economy” is a fairly nebulous one. It can mean anything from just a little extra legroom to an entirely…
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Flying with Kids Sucks (Trip Report)
This should have been an awesome trip. Thanks to nonstop flight times that don’t work for us (redeye), we nearly always have…
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Cranky on the Web (April 21 – 25)
How to Beat Spirit at its Own Game and Minimize Airline Fees – Conde Nast Daily Traveler Spirit has a great business…
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Topic of the Week: First Quarter Earnings Show a Struggling United, JetBlue
For quarter earnings are out for the big guys, and the results are pretty easily divided into winners and losers. Losers United…
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Delta Goes Fully Flat… in Business Class… on Widebodies… on Overseas Flights
Last June, when United announced it had installed flat beds on all of its long haul flights, I published a little guide…
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Emirates Tries to Grow Beyond Its Home Market, Others Freak Out
Emirates is a big airline, and it’s only going to keep getting bigger. But while Dubai is a large and growing hub,…
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Topic of the Week: The US Airways Porno Plane Incident
By now, everyone has heard about the, hilarious (some might say unfortunate) photo that US Airways tweeted out earlier this week. If…
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Public Service Announcement: Stop Naming New Airlines After Ones That Have Failed
Stop it. Seriously. Ever since airlines started going out of business, people have felt the need to try and revive them. This…
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Cranky on the Web (April 7 – 11)
American makes changes to its frequent flier program – Ft Worth Star-Telegram I was asked to comment on American’s recent changes to…
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American Makes a Few Fairly Insignificant Changes But Delivers the News Poorly
Well, I messed this one up. Scheduled it to go live on Thursday as my regular post, or so I thought, but…
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Why the US Export-Import Bank Has Angered the US Airline Industry
There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). The reason? Because it very…