Airlines
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My Best Guess On What Will Happen to American’s Hubs Post-Merger
It is a lot of fun to speculate on a variety of things when it comes to mergers, but the favorite pastime…
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Cranky on the Web (February 11 – 15)
Airlines Are Not Secretly Plotting Against You – Conde Nast Daily Traveler Just a little rant about things people think airlines are…
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Topic of the Week: What About Eagle?
There’s plenty of talk about the American/US Airways merger, but there simply isn’t much at all about what will happen in the…
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The American and US Airways Merger is Finally Announced, Here’s How Not to Screw This Up
The day has finally come. Assuming the feds approve it, American and US Airways are now set to merge forming the real…
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A Very Special Valentine’s Day Post Coming Soon
It’s Valentine’s Day, so what better way to celebrate than announcing a mega merger? But as you all know, my posts go…
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Southwest Uses AirTran to Grow Flying in Memphis
Southwest’s latest schedule is out, and guess who is paying attention to Memphis? It’s not technically Southwest yet, but Southwest is using…
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Topic of the Week: Delta and Starwood Crossover Awards
Yesterday, Delta and Starwood Hotels announced crossover awards where elite members in each program get benefits in the other. What do you…
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Frontier Makes a Pragmatic, Unsurprising, Yet Sad Move to Outsource Airport Staff
For years, you could hear Frontier employees talk as if they were part of one big family. It was that level of…
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Southwest and AirTran Quietly Begin Codesharing
It has been more than 2 years and 4 months since Southwest announced it would purchase AirTran. Since that time, the two…
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Layoffs Are Far From a Necessity in a US Airways and American Merger
There were certainly some, shall we say, spirited comments on my American/US Airways merger post last week, but there were a couple…
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Cranky on the Web (January 28 – February 1)
How to Protect Yourself from Antiquated Airline Computers That Could Ruin Your Trip – PTMoney.com I talked a little more about how…
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Why Haven’t US Airways and American Announced a Merger?
Here we are at the end of January and a merger between US Airways and American still has not been announced. This…