Airlines
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Lufthansa Plans Another End Run Around Labor With New Regional Subsidiary
Over the last several years, Lufthansa Group has felt like a creation by Dr Frankenstein — pronounced FRONK-en-steen, of course. It has…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Russia Invades Ukraine
Cranky Talk – Russia Invades Ukraine We did things a bit different this week. We started recording last week, and then we…
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3 Links I Love: Russia Steals Airplanes, Sun Country Quality, Avelo Adds Two, ANA Confusion
This Week’s Featured Link Owners Fear Planes ‘Are Gone Forever’ After Russia Shields Them From Seizure – BloombergIt is not a great…
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Breeze Reveals Its First A220 Routes, and I Was Wrong
Last week I built up the case for Breeze’s presumed use of the A220 on long-haul from Hartford. The first routes are…
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Frontier and Spirit Both March on Atlanta
With Spirit and Frontier coming together, everyone has focused on all the similarities… and to be fair, there are many. But the…
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WestJet Moves Into a New Business Once Again With Sunwing Acquisition
It may not have the blockbuster heft of a Frontier/Spirit merger, but last week WestJet announced it would acquire Sunwing north of…
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The World Gets Larger and That’s Not a Good Thing
For 100 years, aviation has made the world a smaller place. Within 2 days, people can be just about anywhere they want…
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Breeze Sets Its Sights On Hartford for A220 Flying
Nothing has been announced, but it won’t be long until Breeze finally releases its first A220-specific routes. Though I don’t usually like…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Airplane Livery!
Don’t forget to get your bids in by tonight for one of the 5 models available thanks to Boeing. To submit a…
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Avelo Sees If More Than Florida Can Work for New Haven
Avelo started in Burbank, and it has made all sorts of network tweaks there to find a path to success. I’m not…
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Alaska Takes a Stab at the Subscription Economy with California Flight Pass
Alex Corey, Alaska’s MD of Revenue Products & Strategy, told me yesterday that the airline had been developing the idea of entering…
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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…