Airlines
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After Years of Making Life Difficult, Virgin Australia Simplifies
Twenty years ago when Virgin Blue launched, it had a simple mission. The airline was built to bring low fares to a…
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Lufthansa Goes Back to Its Happy Place By Starting a New Airline For No Good Reason
If there’s anything the Lufthansa Group loves, it’s complexity. The group has been fanatical about making things as confusing as possible from…
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3 Links I Love: CLE Rocks, UV Cleaning, New Newark, Lauda
This week’s featured link 95 Years of Historic Firsts at CLE – AirportsHistory.orgOne of my favorite website-finds of the year is back…
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More Schedule Cuts, American Plays With Fire, and Southwest Corrects Its Course
I fear my relationship with Diio by Cirium is becoming unhealthy. Every Friday night, I run to Diio to learn about that…
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3 Links I Love: MAX Delayed Yet Again, US Customs Grows In Europe, Jet Exhaust Bad News
This week’s featured link Boeing 737 MAX re-certification is not expected before October – AirwayDelays, delays, delays. As the Wall Street Journal…
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Alaska and oneworld Open Up Ahead of Today’s Official Joining Announcement
This morning, Alaska is announcing that the MOU is signed, and it is now officially a member-elect in the oneworld alliance. This,…
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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…