Airlines
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Spirit and Frontier Merge!
Cranky Talk – Spirit and Frontier Merge! We had a whole plan for this week’s Cranky Talk, and then Frontier and Spirit…
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Cranky on the Web: The Frontier/Spirit Merger
What the Frontier-Spirit deal means for RDU, other mid-sized airports – Triangle Business JournalAny time there’s a merger, every town wants to…
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3 Links I Love: Finnair’s Nest, Turkish Recreates Pangea, Winter in Cape Town, PLAYing in New York
This Week’s Featured Link Finnair long-haul revamp: New business class and premium economy cabins on offer – PaxEx.aeroFinnair is putting a new…
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Frontier’s Quick Meltdown Recovery
Overshadowed by the Frontier/Spirit merger announcement was an operational meltdown at Frontier on Monday. The airline had to cancel more than a…
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Spirit and Frontier: Together At Last
The news broke early yesterday, and people couldn’t stop talking about it… Maury Gallagher is retiring as CEO of Allegiant! Oh wait,…
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Qatar Bets Big on Boeing, Cargo
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen an airline put its full faith in Boeing, but Qatar has recently done just…
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3 Links I Love: 5G Fun, Qatar’s Paint, LaGuardia Mostly Doesn’t Suck, AirBahn
This Week’s Featured Link All flights in and out of Paine Field canceled Monday as 5G bars regional jets – The Seattle…
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Alitalia is Back, and It May Be Taking a German Lover
It has been a very newsy week for the Worst Airline Ever. ITA, the successor to our beloved Alitalia, has made two…
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3 Links I Love: Alitalia Lives, Northern Pacific Looks Good, Less Nicer on Breeze, More on 5G
This Week’s Featured Link Ita Airways: il marchio Alitalia tornerà a volare. Nel 2021 Ebit a -170 milioni di euro – Corriere…
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The Most Populous Country in the World All But Disappears From American Skies
Back in 2019, China was a big and growing market for air travel to and from the US. Today, it barely exists…
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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…