Airlines
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Across the Aisle from Pittsburgh Airport’s Executive Director on Pittsburgh’s Recovery After the Death of the Hub (Part 2)
Welcome back for part two of my across the aisle interview with Brad Penrod, Executive Director/CEO, Allegheny County Airport Authority. On Tuesday,…
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Across the Aisle from Pittsburgh Airport’s Executive Director on Pittsburgh’s Rise and Fall as a Hub (Part 1)
I recently had a fantastic opportunity to talk by phone with Brad Penrod, Executive Director/CEO, Allegheny County Airport Authority. Yep, that’s the…
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JetBlue’s Strong Performance Has Spirit on the Run
Spirit has been aggressively growing Dallas/Ft Worth service lately, but not all routes have been successful. Notably, DFW to Boston hasn’t worked…
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Cranky on the Web (July 9 – 13)
American Airlines Merger Possibilities: The Bad and the Worse – Conde Nast Daily Traveler American says it’s evaluating five different airlines for…
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A Visit With California Pacific Airlines
Two long years ago I wrote about a proposed startup called California Pacific Airlines. At the time, I said that it was…
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Southwest Rightly Kills A Successful Subsidy on the Florida Panhandle
Something very strange happened last week. St Joe and Southwest agreed to end the subsidy agreement that was put in place to…
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Alaska Offers Self Bag-Tagging After Feds Finally Ease Restrictions
A couple of weeks ago, Alaska Airlines announced it would start aggressively rolling out self bag-tagging for its customers. This might sound…
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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…