Airlines
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Topic of the Week: JetBlue 191
We all know now about JetBlue 191 with the captain who broke down and was restrained on his flight. To me, it…
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Delta, Hawaiian, and Southwest Talk Fleet Strategy
One of the more interesting panels in Phoenix last week was the one that focused on fleet strategy. There’s always a ton…
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Getting Back on the Horse (Trip Report)
It has been a long four months since I last stepped on an airplane. Crazy, I know. But I locked it down…
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A Boring US Airways Media Day
From the title, you might think that last week’s media day that US Airways held in Phoenix was a total bust, but…
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Cranky on the Web (March 19 – 23)
Why it Took So Long for Virgin to Link All its Frequent-Flier Programs – Conde Nast Daily Traveler You can now earn…
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Topic of the Week: United’s Long Phone Holds
It’s been almost 3 weeks since United combined with Continental into a new reservation system and as I said right after, the…
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Topic of the Week: Will Kingfisher Survive?
Kingfisher appears to be on its last legs. It has canceled all international flights and pared back domestic runs. The airline, which…
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Pacific Wings Earns the Cranky Jackass Award For a Spiteful Website
The EAS Flights blog stumbled on something yesterday that may be a new low for this industry. In fact, it’s childish enough…
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Why American’s Revenue Plans Aren’t Good Enough and a Merger Is Needed
I came across a really interesting research note on American last week that I thought was worth discussing here. Jamie Baker at…
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Cape Air’s Reservation System Transition to ITA Was So Good, You Didn’t Know It Even Happened
All the talk this week has been about United’s massive reservation system transition, but that wasn’t the only move of this type…
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American Rolls Out Its Version of Economy Plus, er Economy Comfort, er . . .
When it first started talking about the interiors of its new 777-300ER aircraft, American said it would have a premium economy section.…
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United’s Reservation System Switch Goes Well With Only Minor Glitches
If you believed the headlines, you’d think that United had melted down over the weekend when it finally retired its Apollo computer…