Airlines
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Virgin America Posts Terrible First Quarter Loss, Has One Year to Prove Itself
Here we are in July and believe it or not, I haven’t written an article focusing on Virgin America here since last…
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Delta’s New Pilot Contract Kicks Off the Great Regional Feeding Frenzy of 2012
Last week, Delta’s pilots easily approved a new contract with management that will see a lot more insourcing of flying as well…
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Delta Makes a Smart Choice for Wifi Internationally
While wireless internet has become nearly ubiquitous on flights within the US (unless you fly United), international travel hasn’t seen the same…
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Topic of the Week: Which 10 Cities Have Service to Every United Hub?
I was talking to someone from one of these lucky airports recently and he told me that there are 10 cities in…
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The Downside of Fuel Hedging
Anyone seen the price of fuel lately? As I write this, oil is hovering around a mere $80 a barrel. That’s a…
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Southwest’s Looming Labor Fight
Unlike any other large airline in the US, Southwest has had an incredible streak of good labor relations. Despite being highly unionized,…
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Cranky on the Web (June 18 – 22)
Frontier Airlines suspends mileage donations to charity – Examiner.com We talked about this yesterday, but I was asked to comment on it,…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier and Southwest Brawl over Wisconsin Fliers
First, Frontier made a deal to allow its frequent fliers to transfer miles to Delta. Then Southwest struck back and said that…
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FastJet Has an Uphill Battle to Prove an African Low Cost Carrier Can Work
When easyJet’s founder started making rumblings about starting FastJet last year, I thought it was crazy. Back then, it was presumed that…
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Memphis Residents Should be Careful What They Wish For
You would think that the people of Memphis would be thrilled that they have as much air service as they do. While…
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Topic of the Week: Alaska’s Move on San Diego
You might have missed this, but Alaska is really making its move on San Diego. It just started using Horizon props to…
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A Risky Merger for Azul and TRIP in Brazil
Let’s shift from the Middle East and head down to Brazil, shall we? Big news came across the wires when Azul and…