Airlines
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LA’s Not-So-Major Breakthrough
If you keep tabs on press releases, you’ve probably seen the bombardment from the LA World Airports (LAWA) about a “major breakthrough…
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Hot Alliance Action
Today was a big day for new additions to global alliances. To be fair, these are just the announcements of additions but…
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ExpressJet Launches
The day has arrived and ExpressJet has now officially launched their own branded airline. The website is up and running at Xjet.com…
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Delta Wins, US Airways Goes Back to Business
As you’ve probably heard by now, the (merger) party’s over. Delta will emerge from bankruptcy on its own after the unsecured creditors…
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Virgin America Soldiers On
You would think that with the number of press releases Virgin America has sent out, they’d actually be flying by now. Of…
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You Vill Be Seated!
Head on over to Lufthansa’s website and you’ll find that they’re getting strict with seatbelt use. The blurb from the current info…
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Allegiant Makes You Pay
Allegiant issued their first earnings report since going public today, and there were a couple of interesting tidbits in there worth talking…
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Fabio Scaccia, My Hero
As the bids for Alitalia came in yesterday, I must admit I didn’t pay as much attention as I should have. In…
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Holy Engine Problems, Batman
And now for a brief lesson on aircraft engines. This is what a GE CF34-3B1 engine on a Mesa Airlines CRJ in…
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ANA Goes Upscale
Looks like a sweet ride, huh? To your left is what the first 737-700ER will look like in the colors of ANA.…
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Alitalia Plays the Dating Game
Today was the deadline for showing interest in buying a share of my favorite whipping boy Alitalia from the Italian government. We…
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BA Strike Called Off – Hooray!
Looks like the BA flight attendants have called off their strike after coming to agreement with management. This means there will be…