Airlines
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United Fights All Comers for Haneda Slots
The fight over slots at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport is ramping up once again now that at least one daily abandoned slot is…
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Air Canada Tries to Win on Density
Air Canada is waking up, and it wants you onboard… if you’re an American. The airline had been making a concerted effort…
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Alaska Tries to Sway Disgruntled Delta Loyalists
When Delta rolled out its big elite program devaluation this month, I thought that overall the risk of people defecting to other…
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And the Winners of This Year’s APEX/IFSA Awards Are…
It has become something of a time-honored tradition. For probably a decade now — I haven’t been keeping track that closely —…
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Delta’s SkyMiles Changes Make Sense Despite Angering Everyone
This is not a points and miles blog, and I do not personally care one bit about airline status. With that background,…
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The Handcuffs Are Off, Mexican Airlines Can Grow Again
After more than two years of Mexican incompetence, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally returned Mexico’s safety rating to Category 1…
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JetBlue’s Full-Court Press to Get the Spirit Deal Done
JetBlue has decided to go on offense instead of just waiting for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) court case blocking the acquisition…
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Contrails are The Enemy, and There’s a Plan to Stop Them
Other than the wacky conspiracy theory belief that those long streaks of white in the air are actually “chemtrails” where the government…
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Alaska Airlines Gets Us to Oregon… and Back (Trip Report)
We try to do a summer vacation with my parents along with my brother and his family once a year if we…
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Alaska Eliminates the Need for the Airport Passport Check
When I flew Alaska out of Portland recently, I noticed that there were still kiosks there for international travel. Those machines’ days…
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Who the F*&@ is BermudAir?
I haven’t done one of these posts in awhile, so… let’s do it. BermudAir is a new airline that’s going to start…
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Red Way Goes Away
It appears that Lincoln, Nebraska’s longshot play to get more air service has now failed.. and remarkably quickly. The creative but risky…