Airlines
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Topic of the Week: Memphis Shrinks Again
Delta has quietly started shrinking Memphis again. Beginning January 4, service will cease between Memphis and Baltimore, Grand Rapids, Gulfport/Biloxi, Mobile, Northwest…
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My First TSA Frisking (Trip Report)
We had a wedding up in wine country this past weekend, and it was a typical trip on JetBlue from Long Beach,…
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Impressions From the oneworld MegaDo Launch
Sunday night was the launch party for the oneworld MegaDo. What the heck is that, you ask? Great question. It’s basically when…
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A Close Look at How Inflight Entertainment Gets Installed on an Airplane
While I was up in Seattle for the APEX expo, I got invited to something fun. Dubai-based low cost carrier flydubai took…
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What is Allegiant Air Thinking?
I haven’t written about Allegiant in awhile, but I think the time has come. Its decision last week to pull out of…
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Musings From My Visit to the Alaska Airlines Headquarters
While I was up in Seattle, I had the chance to sneak away from the APEX expo to go meet with the…
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Topic of the Week: US Airways Gets a Preliminary Injunction Against Its Pilots Union (and a Bonus)
Earlier this week, US Airways finally got the preliminary injunction it had asked for against its pilots related to the operational disruption…
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The Corners of the US (Trip Report)
As you all know by now, I made a couple stops around the country on a recent trip that had me on…
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Alaska Airlines and the Airport of the Future
Several years ago, Alaska Airlines realized that the way ticket counters were set up didn’t make much sense. People came up to…
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Cranky on the Web (September 19 – 23)
Watch out for flight changes, tight connections – CNN Out of the Office I talk about how to deal with frustrating flight…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier Shrinks Milwaukee
I know this happened a couple weeks ago, but Frontier has announced a massive cut in Milwaukee. Is this the end of…
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Translating United’s New MileagePlus Frequent Flier Program
You might have heard yesterday that United has rolled out its new MileagePlus program which will take effect starting on the first…