Airlines
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The Many Steps Alaska Takes to Put Food on Your Flight
I had a great opportunity earlier this week to head on over to LAX to do a menu tasting with Alaska Airlines.…
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Virgin America Still Having Major System Problems More Than a Month After System Changes
If you’ve flown Virgin America any time since October, there’s a good chance that your experience has been sub-par. No, it has…
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Winners and Losers in Delta’s Big Expansion at New York’s La Guardia Airport
The details are out. Now that the feds have finally paved the way for the Delta/US Airways slot swap (at least this…
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Cranky on the Web (December 12 – 16)
Great new for those who want to follow me on the CNTraveler website. You can now subscribe to an RSS feed of…
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Delta, JetBlue, and Spirit Knock American While It’s Down (But It’s an Indirect Hit)
It’s been a tough few weeks for American without question. After filing for bankruptcy, it’s probably not a surprise that we see…
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Alec Baldwin Has Given American Airlines Management a Golden Opportunity
It’s amazing how much coverage this whole Alec Baldwin vs. American Airlines thing has received over the last few days. Alec keeps…
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Air Seychelles: Canary in a Coalmine for the European Majors (Guest Post)
Our old friend he Cardinal is back with an unlikely guest post. Why is he writing about Air Seychelles? It has global…
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American (Too) Quietly Announces Premium Economy, Flat Beds, and More Awesomeness
Last week, all the talk was about American filing for bankruptcy. That announcement mostly buried what should have been a much bigger…
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Southwest CEO Rallies the Troops with a Sobering Note, Focuses on Costs
Southwest chief Gary Kelly sent out a great email to the airline’s employees (or, “People”) yesterday talking about the situation with American…
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Airbus Thinks United Will Order the A380
Someone sent me an article last week that I thought was pretty funny. Apparently, Airbus super salesman John Leahy thinks United is…
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Cranky on the Web (November 28 – December 2)
Air Travel Naughty and Nice List: Point Counterpoint – Conde Nast Daily Traveler One Daily Traveler blogger wrote about the Consumer Reports…
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Topic of the Week: Milestones for Continental and America West
There were a couple of somewhat minor milestones in the eyes of travelers this week, but I thought it was worth sharing.…