Airlines
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All Eyes on Regionals As They Continue to Struggle
It’s tough running any airline operation right now, but there’s nothing more difficult than running a regional airline. We took a look…
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Allegiant’s Turn Toward Boeing Isn’t as Dramatic As You Might Think
Allegiant and Boeing announced last week that the airline would buy 50 737 MAX aircraft with options for another 50. On the…
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South Korea Set to Approve Korean Acquisition of Asiana
During what should have been a quiet week, Korean’s competition authority last week said it was going to approve the proposed acquisition…
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Airlines We Lost 2021
Welcome to my favorite post of the year. This year, we had far fewer entries than in last year’s bloodbath, but that’s…
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3 Links I Love: AA Leadership Team, Ryanair Gets Cheeky, Leftover Pins, and More
This Week’s Featured Link American Airlines Announces Senior Leadership Team – American NewsroomHere it is, the official leadership team under new American…
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Delta Confirms It Still Likes Investing in Airlines
There’s been a debate in the airline industry for a long, long time about whether it’s a good or bad idea to…
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American Faces a Widebody Shortage, Cuts Summer Capacity
By all accounts, next summer should be a barnburner of a travel season over the Atlantic. Airlines are making plans to ramp…
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Cranky on the Web: American Chooses Continuity
American Airlines chooses leadership continuity despite underperformance – Travel WeeklyI was probably a little too cautious in my comments on this one.…
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3 Links I Love: Real (Not Conspiracy Theory) 5G Problems, Roasting Doug, Christmas Miracle, and Basic Makeover
This Week’s Featured Link What you need to know about 5G interfering with aircraft – TPGThese seems highly concerning. As new higher…
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American CEO Doug Parker Steps Aside After a Remarkable Run
It wasn’t long after I started as a pricing analyst at America West Airlines that I first met now-American Airlines CEO Doug…
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Allegiant and Viva Aerobus Think the Sum is Greater Than the Parts
I did not have this one on my bingo card. Ultra low cost carriers Allegiant and Viva Aerobus will be teaming up,…
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3 Links I Love: No Shutdown, China Inches Closer, Avianca Wins the Race
This Week’s Featured Link President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans Against the Delta and Omicron Variants as We Battle COVID-19 this Winter…