Airlines
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3 Links I Love: Airplanes are COVID-Safe, Goodbye Alitalia, WestJet Stays West
This week’s featured link TRANSCOM/AMC Commercial Aircraft Cabin Aerosol Dispersion Tests – US Transportation Command and DARPAYou probably saw news coverage of…
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Southwest Adds Chicago’s O’Hare and Houston’s Intercontinental… But Why?
Southwest used to be an airline that added dots in the Continental US to its route map at a torrid pace, but…
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3 Links I Love: Southwest’s 2021 Plan, Wizz Goes For the Kill, United Jumps on a Bandwagon
This week’s featured link Gary Kelly Outlines Plans to Avoid Layoffs and Furloughs Through 2021 – Southwest MediaI thought this 10 minute…
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JetBlue’s Two Decade Run in Long Beach Ends With a Whimper
At 11:18am on Tuesday, JetBlue 231 pulled into gate 6 at Long Beach Airport after a short flight from Salt Lake City.…
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Considering Delta’s Future Fleet as Retirements Mount
When it comes to future fleet composition, Delta has been busy trying to simplify. It has announced a variety of retirements and…
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Breeze is Back with Another Revised Plan For Flights to Begin in March
A lot has changed in the world since David Neeleman first let it slip that he was working on a new airline.…
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Sign of the Apocalyse: American’s Cheap, Refundable Long-Haul Fares
It was a big enough shock to see airline change fees start melting away, but now there’s something even stranger happening. American…
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Why JSX is Being Kicked Out of Orange County Airport
JSX — the airline formerly known as JetSuiteX — sent out a somewhat odd blast email last week. The airline said it…
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JetBlue Doubles Down on Newark and Los Angeles But Only One Makes Sense
JetBlue is an airline on a mission. With a deal to not furlough any pilots until next May, it is trying to…
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Frontier Takes a Stab a November, Delta Swings at the Competition, and United Whacks International
Happy Monday, everyone. It was a quiet week in Airlineland as most residents stayed behind the scenes working on future plans, but…
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United’s 2021 Plan: Leisure and Modified 787s for Ultra Long-Haul
Tuesday was a productive day until 11:30am when United posted a teaser video in advance of its big 2021 international route announcement.…
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Cranky on the Web: Ch-ch-ch-change fees Go Away
For those in the Bay Area, I’ll be on KTVU this morning at 840a talking about change fees. American Airlines axes change…