Airlines
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Eurowings Discover…s a Way to Provide the Complexity Lufthansa Craves
There is nothing Lufthansa Group loves more than an overly-complex airline plan. This has happened time and time again where Lufthansa invents…
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Cranky on the Web: Allegiant’s Long Delay
Allegiant passengers endure 16-hour flight delay to California city – Las Vegas Review-JournalTalk about an unfortunate set of events… some people flying…
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3 Links I Love: Emailing Ed, United Goes Electric Again, Spirit’s Strategy, Suing Burbank
This Week’s Featured Link ‘The volumes are beyond anything we have ever seen’: Delta hold times won’t improve until fall – USA…
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Avelo Delivers the Basics Well to Ogden, Utah (Trip Report)
It’s not often I get to fly a new airline, but last week, I had the chance to fly Avelo. When the…
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American Sues Sabre to Stop Being Biased and Sloppy
It’s a time-honored tradition for American to spar with its former internal reservation system, Sabre. The Sabre global distribution system (GDS) was…
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A Hawaiian A321neo Takes Me Home (A Cranky Travelogue)
It’s time to finish up this travelogue, so here’s a Wednesday post to wrap it up. When I was planning this trip,…
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Correction: Avelo’s Operational Performance Was Not Bad
What’s this? A special Friday evening post? That’s right, and it’s because that chart I posted earlier today showing Avelo’s on-time performance…
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3 Links I Love: United Next, Avelo’s Poor Operation, Air Canada Warning, Southwest Fluff
This post has been updated to reflect a problem with the data regarding Avelo’s operation. The airline did not fly all those…
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Avelo Sees Mixed Results, Cuts Flight Frequencies
Avelo launched service at the end of April with an aggressive focus on Burbank. The initial 11 cities have now been flying…
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United Prepares For Massive Growth in More Ways Than One With Big Aircraft Order
The long-rumored new aircraft order is now official, and on the surface it may not seem very surprising. This order, however, is…
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Cranky on the Web: Summer Travel, Airport People Mover, Southwest CEO, and Airbus Isolation Tents
It was a really busy media week, and these are only the ones I could find links for. Oddly enough, they are…
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Southwest Surprises With a Telling New CEO Pick
Southwest CEO Gary Kelly has been talking about succession for a long time. He’s been in the job for 17 years, and…