Airlines
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“We Really Messed Up Here” – Speaking With CEO Bob Jordan about Southwest’s Meltdown
The email last week came as a surprise. I was invited along with three others to chat with Southwest CEO Bob Jordan…
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Delta Sync Turns Free Wifi Into a Marketing Machine
Delta has really enjoyed making a splash at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas over the years, and this…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – The 2022 Southwest Holiday Meltdown
Listen on Apple, Spotify, direct, or wherever you get your podcasts. You didn’t think last week’s post about the Southwest holiday trouble…
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Southwest’s Holiday Failure is Great News for Future Travelers
I’m back from exile, and man am I glad nothing big happened while I was gone. Oh wait, that massive Southwest opreational…
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Airlines We Lost 2022
It’s that time again where we review the airlines that we lost during the year. And you know what? It was a…
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How the American and Mesa Relationship Reached Its Rocky Conclusion
The smart bet would have been on American and Mesa terminating their relationship multiple times over the past several years, but time…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Why is Seat Pitch a Terrible Metric for Legroom?
Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. I hate seat pitch with a passion. Back in the day, it…
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American Ends Its Regional Partnership with Mesa, United Swoops In to Complete the Pilot Circle of Life
The long-troubled relationship between American and its regional partner Mesa has finally reached its conclusion. According to Cirium data and confirmed through…
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United Orders 100 Boeing 787s and Throws in 100 737 MAXs for Fun
The worst kept secret in recent memory is now official. Today, United announced it is ordering 100 Boeing 787s, adding options for…
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Porter Version 2.0 Gets Ready to Join the Fray Across Canada
Porter is not a new airline, having flown the Canadian skies since 2006. Back then, it was the idea of launching a…
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Long Beach Can Add More Flights Because JetBlue Left
The Long Beach Airport noise ordinance is far from straightforward, but it has coveted grandfathered status which allows it to continue to…
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Hawaiian Tests Its NEOs With New Cook Islands Flight
It has been a long time since Hawaiian has announced a new route, but I’m happy to say that day has finally…