Airlines
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Delta Learns the Downside of Running a Good Operation
Delta has done a masterful job over the years of positioning itself as a cut above the rest, especially with its operational…
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Phast Phlights To and From Phoenix (Trip Report)
I had to do a last minute trip to Phoenix for work, so with less than a week out, I was happy…
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A Very Complicated Set of Transactions Involving Surf Air, Southern
You may have seen one of the three press releases issued last week by Surf Air — now called Surf Air Mobility…
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Southwest’s Big Price Increase Went Into Effect Last Week
You probably saw all the press touting Southwest’s new fare category, Wanna Get Away Plus, that officially launched last week. While yes,…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – JetBlue Gets Hostile With Spirit
Cranky Talk – JetBlue Gets Hostile With Spirit First Spirit agreed to merge with Frontier, then JetBlue swooped in with an offer.…
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3 Links I Love: Elbers Goes to India, Avelo Walks, American Goes Amish, Breezy in Rhode Island
This Week’s Featured Link American adds a 3rd route from Philly operated by a bus – TPGApparently I need to expand my…
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Premium Economy-ish on American’s 787 (Trip Report)
All of a sudden, I’m spending a lot of times on airplanes. This time, I was off to the Metroplex for our…
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JetBlue Gets Hostile With Spirit, Appeals to Shareholders to Fight
We always knew this was a possibility. Shortly after Spirit set a shareholder vote on June 10 to approve the Frontier merger,…
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Avianca Adds Breadth to Its Recent Move for Depth with Gol Deal
As interesting as the US airline market is these days, it’s hard to beat what’s going on in South America. There seems…
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3 Links I Love: Farewell Allegiant, Gliding in Hawai’i, the Atlas Crash, Throwing Seats Overboard
This Week’s Featured Link Maury Gallagher’s Letter to Shareholders – AllegiantI always look forward to Maury’s letter to shareholders, and it’s sad…
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Southwest Spends $2 Billion To Play Catch-Up on Product
Southwest has finally decided it’s time to invest in its onboard product again. Yesterday, the airline announced it would spend more than…
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Counterpoint: Spirit Torches JetBlue Offer
Last week, I expressed my confusion at Spirit rejecting JetBlue’s offer, which seemed to be a clearly better outcome for shareholders than…