Airlines
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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…
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The Frontier/Spirit Merger is Dead… And Spirit’s Board Only Has One Good Option
Everyone has been waiting for the results of the Spirit vote on the Frontier merger for weeks now. After multiple delays, this…
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Air Canada and United Tighten Up Partnership with Transborder Joint Venture
It’s always been a weird dance between Air Canada and United. For two decades,the airlines have had a joint venture, but it…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – A US Travel Stress Test With Special Guest Dawn Gilbertson!
Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Dave and I have spent a lot of time talking to you…
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Cranky on the Web: More on Spirit
Another vote delay leaves Spirit’s merger with Frontier in question while JetBlue circles – CNBCThis is so 1 week ago. I mean,…
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Southwest’s Long Beach Performance Improves
As I’m sure you all do on your Sunday nights, I was flipping through Cirium data looking for something fun to analyze…