Airlines
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JetBlue Orders New Airplanes, Focuses East
We already talked about the massive number of orders rolling in at the Paris Air Show this week, but there was one…
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Airline Fee Outrage is Just a Symptom of the Real Problem: The Brand
I’m sick and tired of people complaining about airline fees. You might think this means I’m going to defend the airlines and…
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Topic of the Week: American Adds Tablets as Inflight Entertainment
American has decided to ditch its existing portable inflight entertainment system and go with the cooler Samsung Galaxy tablet instead. This may…
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Southwest’s First Scheduling Moves at AirTran Give Us Insight Into the Merger Plans
Earlier this week, Southwest publicly announced its first schedule changes for its new AirTran subsidiary. The changes, though small, give us a…
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UNITE HERE Strikes Back: Tries to Cover Bad Analysis By Insulting Cranky, Earns the Jackass
If you decide to put out bad analysis, as UNITE HERE did last week regarding Lufthansa complaints, and someone calls you on…
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Why I Wouldn’t Be Surprised to See Virgin America Acquire Frontier
This may sound crazy, but hear me out. There were two separate pieces of news last week concerning Virgin America and Frontier…
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When Statistics Attack: Union Report on Lufthansa Complaint “Spike” is Simply Misleading
One thing that’s certain is that you can make statistics say pretty much whatever you want to get your point across. That’s…
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Southwest’s Long DFW Goodbye and International Plans in Baltimore
There were a couple of completely unrelated pieces of news from Southwest that came out last week, but I decided to throw…
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Delta Increases Reliance on Partners, Cuts Transatlantic Flights
Delta’s recent pulldown of Transatlantic flights was fairly breathtaking in its scope, but it also showed just how joint ventures can influence…
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Topic of the Week: United Keeps First Class, At Least on Some Airplanes
It sounds like the new United is keeping First Class, but maybe only on the airplanes that already have it. Bloomberg reports…
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Pilot Error Likely Played Major Role in Air France 447 Accident
When the French found the black boxes from Air France flight 447 nearly two years after the A330 airplane crashed in the…
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Delta and US Airways Propose New York/Washington Slot Swap Again, and This Time It’ll Happen
Delta and US Airways are hoping that the third time’s a charm by putting the long-proposed slot swap in New York and…