Airlines
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Frontier and Spirit’s Unlikely Spat in Phoenix
Ed Note: Spirit apparently filed these new Kansas City routes before Frontier’s announcement, but due to a data glitch, it wasn’t loaded.…
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American Snatches Pilots Away From United With Air Wisconsin Deal
If ever an airline had nine lives, it’s Air Wisconsin. Somehow, this airline finds itself in the right place at the right…
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Where Could American Use All Those Boom Planes?
Last week American announced it had placed an order for 20 of the Boom Overture supersonic airplanes. It even paid real money…
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Contrary to Popular Belief, American Did Not Slash Its Planned November Flying
When data gets into the hands of people who don’t understand it, completely false stories end up being told. Maybe you saw…
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Delta Gets a Free Pass From the Feds
Delta received quite a gift from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) late last week when it was granted a slot waiver for…
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A Design Shift in Southwest’s New Gates in Phoenix
I took the kids out to Phoenix for a week at “Camp Pop and Grandma” recently, and that gave me an opportunity…
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The Cities Where JetBlue Thinks It Needs Spirit to Grow
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. It’s time to take yet another look at JetBlue’s plans for Spirit.…
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A Look at the Focus Cities JetBlue Wants to Grow From the Spirit Deal
I recently wrote about potential overlap between the new JetBlue/Spirit combo and the Big Four airlines, but that is a messy comparison…
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3 Links I Love: When Double Miles Don’t Matter, FAA Trouble, Piedmont Grows, Vin Flies Continental
This Week’s Featured Link Hawaiian Airlines to Mahalo Members with Double Hawaiian Miles on Every Neighbor Island Flight through the End of…
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Better Gate Management Could Have Helped on This Southwest Flight (Trip Report)
I had to go up to Oakland for a quick overnight business trip, so the airline I’d take wasn’t in question. Being…
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Putting Numbers to JetBlue’s Claims of Increased Competition With Spirit Acquisition
JetBlue has twisted itself in knots over the last couple months explaining why the Spirit acquisition makes sense for the airline, saying…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Southwest Credits No Longer Expire With Southwest Chief Marketing Officer Ryan Green!
Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. We didn’t plan on having another guest this week, but when the…