Airlines
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Etihad is Building a Fourth Alliance
Prevailing wisdom suggests that that airline industry should always do things in “threes.” We’ll soon have three big legacy carriers in the…
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Topic of the Week: Is it Smart to Publicize a Social Media Response Time?
KLM has long been heavily involved in social media, but last week it didn’t something interesting. It started publishing the amount of…
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Delta Looks for Route Opportunities Beyond the Hubs
When America West and US Airways merged, one of the first jobs in the schedule planning department was to consolidate flying in…
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What Exactly Does United Mean When It Says It’s Going to Increase Long-Term Shareholder Value?
You may have noticed the release last week entitled “United Airlines Outlines Path for Increasing Long-term Shareholder Value.” If you saw it,…
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Cranky on the Web (November 18 – 22)
In the Trenches: Preventing Mistakes – Intuit Small Business Blog We made some mistakes in the business, and that led me to…
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Time to Prepare for Another in a Long History of Brawls Over Dallas/Love Field
With all the divestitures announced when American and US Airways settled with the Department of Justice (DOJ), the most surprising result is…
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WestJet to Launch Transatlantic Service in an Unlikely Way
If you were working at Calgary-based WestJet and you thought there was opportunity for you outside of North America, where would you…
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American and US Airways Give Up Very Little to Gain Merger Approval
So much for taking a writing break this week. I’ve reshuffled this week’s sponsored posts because of yesterday’s big news: American and…
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Airlines Go For Bigger Airplanes to Bring Unit Costs Down
If you look at aircraft ordering trends in the US over the last few years, you’ll see an interesting story begin to…
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Topic of the Week: Will Frontier Succeed?
You’ve see two in-depth posts talking about Frontier’s future this week, and Indigo has now confirmed that the purchase will go through.…
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Across the Aisle from Frontier’s SVP Commercial on Lowering Costs and Building the Brand (Part 2)
Tuesday, I spoke with Frontier’s SVP – Commercial, Daniel Shurz about the airline’s network strategy. Today we’ll tackle the issues of lowering…
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Across the Aisle from Frontier’s SVP Commercial on the Future of the Airline’s Network (Part 1)
Last week, I had the chance to speak with Frontier’s Senior Vice President – Commercial, Daniel Shurz. Daniel and I had a…