Airlines
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Southwest to Offer Preboarding To Those Willing to Help Prevent COVID-19 With New Shoot’nBoard Program
There is very little that preoccupies Southwest travelers’ minds more before a flight than wondering if they’ll be able to get the…
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American Slashes Los Angeles Service in April; Will It Ever Return?
American loaded its most recent short-term coronavirus-related April schedule cuts over the weekend, and the airline cut deep in some geographies. It…
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3 Links I Love: Shut ’em Down, Give ’em Money
This week’s featured link The Case for Shutting Down U.S. Airlines Now – SkiftIt should be shut down, but it’s not just…
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3 Coronavirus-Free Links I Love: Goodbye to Midwest, KLM 747s, and Rick Rogers
This week’s featured link Wisconsin’s Midwest Express Airlines ends Elite partnership – ch-aviationRemember how Midwest Express was going to come back with…
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3 Links I Love: Which Airline Fails Next, Volotea Bails IAG Out, and BA Wins
This week’s featured link Coronavirus Is Pushing Some Airlines to the Precipice – SkiftThe end is near for some. If this continues,…
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Analyzing United’s Schedule Cuts
In April of this year, United and United Express were planning to operate 151,861 flights on 1,761 directional routes. (That means both…
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Upon Further Review: United Gets the Cranky Jackass Award for Its New Schedule Change Policy
I was going to write today about the details of United’s big schedule change, but I’m pushing that off. Instead, I’ve decided…
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United Escapes the Cranky Jackass Award Despite New, Restrictive Schedule Change Policy
This was a close one. When the news came out Saturday night that United was altering its schedule change policy to severely…
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Cranky on the Web: So Much Coronavirus, JetBlue at 20, Luving Southwest, Frommer Radio Show
Coronavirus airplane travel: How US airlines are cleaning planes – Today ShowThis wasn’t an on camera interview, but it was an in-depth…
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3 Links I Love: LOT of Trouble, Tecnam Time, Cathay’s Unenviable Position
This week’s featured link Lufthansa will Verträge mit Condor auslaufen lassen – HandelsblattWhat, you don’t speak German? Neither do I, but that’s…
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Trying to Do the Math on Air New Zealand’s Skynest Coach Beds
Air New Zealand recently came out with a prototype of the Skynest, a pod of flat beds for use by coach passengers.…
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2 Links I Love and an Update I Don’t: EVA Fines, O’Leary Sounds Off, Heathrow Blocked Again
Sorry to disappoint you, but there’s no featured link this week. See, I didn’t think it was worth a full post to…