Airlines
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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…
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Topic of the Week: Alaska Airlines Increases Its Minimum Check-In Time
Alaska has decided to increase its minimum check-in time from 30 to 40 minutes in most airports. (Some more challenging airports are…
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How the American/US Airways Merger Trial Can Be Avoided
We’re now less than a month away from opening arguments in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust case trying to prevent American…
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Celebrating in Phoenix (Trip Report)
Last weekend it was time for another trip to Phoenix, but this time it was for a festive event – my brother’s…
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JetBlue Now Allows Family Pooling of Frequent Flier Points
If you’re not already a member of JetBlue’s TrueBlue frequent flier program, you might have missed the airline’s announcement that it will…
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Cranky on the Web (October 21 – 25)
Cranky Analysis: Southwest’s Rising Fares Have Benefited Competitors Big and Small – PlaneBusiness Banter – $Subscription Required$ In this month’s PlaneBusiness column,…
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Topic of the Week: Who Should Get Tokyo/Haneda Slots?
American has thrown in the towel on its JFK to Tokyo/Haneda flight and will be handing the slots back. So far, there…
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To Change or Not to Change? (Tales From the Field)
We were faced with quite the dilemma this week at Cranky Concierge when we had a client flying Southwest who was looking…
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Norwegian Escalates its US Invasion
Anyone here flown Norwegian yet? If not, you’re going to have plenty of opportunity. Norwegian has stepped up its efforts to become…
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American’s Asia Strategy Centers on Dallas/Ft Worth
I talked a lot about Delta’s and United’s Asia strategies last week, but I didn’t touch on American’s. That’s kind of funny…