Airlines
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LEVEL Shrinks as Low-Cost, Long-Haul Takes Another Hit
Time and time again, bright strategists flush with cash have tried to prove that low-cost, long-haul flying works. And time and time…
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September Capacity Cuts Begin While Southwest Adds New Last Minute Routes
It was another barn-burner of a weekend as I spent Friday night looking over all the new schedule data filed with Diio…
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American Becomes Instantly Relevant in New York With JetBlue Strategic Partnership
Sorry for the tease in today’s earlier post, but these became public at different times, so I decided to go with a…
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Alaska Adds Seven New Los Angeles Routes to the Northwest and Leisure Spots
Alaska has long been something of a tweener in the hyper-competitive Los Angeles market. While American, Delta, Southwest, and United all battle…
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Demand Drying Up: Airlines Chop Summer Schedules With Florida Taking the Lead
Friday nights are now one of the most exciting times of the week. Each Friday, Diio by Cirium loads that week’s schedule…
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JetBlue Leaves a Bad Situation in Long Beach for Something Worse at LAX
The writing has been on the wall for years, and now JetBlue has finally done it. It is pulling the plug on…
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Cranky on the Web: JetBlue Ditches Long Beach for LAX, Empty Middles
I will have plenty to say on this topic in detail on Monday, but both USA Today and TPG asked me for…
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3 Links I Love: American Unplugged, Sun Country CEO Talks, The Breguet 941
This week’s featured link Best Of The Banter: Our PBB Interview With American Airlines’ Vasu Raja – PlanePerspectivesYou probably heard about Holly…
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Air Canada Earns the Cranky Jackass Award For Continuing to Avoid Refunds
I thought this had been settled some time ago, but in Canada, the war continues. After airlines started playing games during the…
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Reading the Tea Leaves with Frontier
There has been a lot of talk lately about whether the resurgence of coronavirus through the southern and southwestern US will lead…
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Delta and United Play Catch Up in August While American Slows
The story of the summer so far has been American’s aggressive approach to capacity in the domestic US market. The airline put…
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American Rallies Around Partner Hubs in 2021 Long-Haul Schedule
While most airlines continue to hack away at short-term schedules in this uncertain time, American has given us a glimpse of what…