Airlines
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Garrison Keillor on Northwest
I wouldn’t necessarily consider myself a huge fan of Garrison Keillor’s work, but it’s not like I dislike him either. I’m just…
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Bloggers Under Fire
I meant to write about Holly Hegeman’s fight against Mesa Air Group a long time ago, but I admittedly got sidetracked. The…
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Horizon to Go All Q400 and Other Interesting Alaska Notes
There were a couple of interesting things to come out of Alaska Air Group’s first quarter earnings last week. The most interesting…
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SkyWest and Continental Put the Screws to ExpressJet
An interesting little merger attempt popped up on Friday that, as Holly Hegeman says, looks like a squeeze play. SkyWest has announced…
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Southwest Continues to Grow in Denver, Frontier Pees Its Pants
Poor Frontier. When they look out their windows, they must see Canyon Blue-colored vultures circling the premises. There’s no question that Southwest…
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Southwest’s Crazy Eagle Airplane Porn
It’s been awhile since I put up some good airplane porn, huh? Well, let’s break that streak. Southwest has a long history…
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Trip Report: Flying Virgin America
Back in early March, I decided it was time to fly Virgin America. Now you know that I’ve been critical of the…
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Alitalia’s LAX Reception
I know you guys have been champing at the bit, waiting for an update on the latest with Alitalia. I’ve actually been…
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US Airways Choice Seats Not as Bad as You Think
Another day, another dollar . . . of ancillary revenue that US Airways is hoping to get out of you. While you’re…
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MAXjet Returns . . . Sort Of
Yes, it’s true. A reader alerted me to the fact that, as the website says, “MAX is back.” Don’t get too excited…
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Delta and Northwest Announce Merger: It’s About F*@king Time
It’s on like Donkey Kong. Yesterday, Northwest and Delta finally announced that they would merge. This of course follows speculation that began…
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Screw It – Let’s Lighten Things Up with the Playmobil Security Checkpoint
It’s been a heck of a week. Nice of Frontier to cap it off with a Chapter 11 filing last night, huh?…