Airlines
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Arizona Republic Interviews Doug Parker
Back on December 29, the Arizona Republic published an interview with Doug Parker. The interview was conducted by one of my favorite…
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Time to Eat Crow – L’Avion Takes Flight
It wasn’t even a month ago that I expressed a complete lack of confidence that L’Avion, the new French all-business class airline,…
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United Mercifully Axes Cruises
I believe congratulations are due to United for finally putting United Cruises out of its misery. Anyone with a Mileage Plus account…
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Worst Airline in the World 2006
I must admit that I’m a big fan of Countdown with Keith Olbermann. So, I’ve decided to take a page from his…
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Air Madrid, Airlines We Lost, Australian, BWIA, Centavia, Faroejet, Hooters Air, Independence, OZjet, Song, Styrian Spirit
Airlines We Lost in 2006
As in most years, there were a whole slew of airlines that went under in 2006. There were large ones and small…
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Virgin America Goes Up . . . Must Come Down
It’s been a good news/bad news kind of week for Virgin America. (UPDATE – it’s all bad news now. The application has…
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Trip Report: Indy for Christmas
I made it back last night from the second annual Christmas trip to see my girlfriend’s family in Indianapolis and all went…
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Random Bits of Info – Hooray!
There seem to be a lot of stories today that I’d like to talk about, but as I wrap up work and…
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Midwest Making Changes
Midwest announced a few changes today, but I don’t think these are related to AirTran’s bid to take them over. Instead, I…
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Delta Fights Back
Who’s ready for a good old fashion duel? Apparently US Airways and Delta are, because that’s what it’s come down to. Today,…
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Gumbo-licious
When was the last time you said to yourself, “Hey, I sure wish there was an airline that served gumbo onboard”? I’m…
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The End of Air Madrid?
Does this guy look happy to you? Actually, does this guy even look alive to you? I’m guessing he’s just sleeping after…