Airlines
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3 Links I Love: Lufthansa Needs Another Subsidiary, The Atlas Mystery, A Lost Airplane
This week’s featured link Lufthansa’s second approach at low-cost, long-haul will have new brand – Runway Girl NetworkApparently Lufthansa will never learn.…
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3 Links I Love: Returning the MAX to Service, Sun Country Cargo, Jetlines Tries Something Different
This week’s featured link Southwest Airlines Prepares to Return Boeing 737 Max to Service – BloombergThe re-launch of the 737 MAX continues…
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Norwegian Gets Serious About Survival
Watching Norwegian this year has been like watching a completely new airline. In the first part of this year, the airline really…
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United Again Gives Mesa a New Lease On Life
If there’s a regional airline with more lives than a cat, it’s Mesa. Somehow, despite all odds, the airline has rebuilt itself…
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United Turns to the Airbus A321XLR; Boeing Can't Compete
It was only this summer when American announced an order for 50 A321XLRs. At the time, nobody seemed surprised. American is a…
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American Begins to Look Beyond Its Rigid Hub Strategy With New Austin Service
Ever since the US Airways days, the current American management team has been completely and totally focused on building service in hubs…
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United's Orderly Leadership Transition: What Well-Run Companies Do
I awoke Thursday morning to a flurry of emails about the personnel changes at the top being announced at United. One from…
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Cranky on the Web: United's New CEO, Southwest Ponders Change, 2020 Route Launches
United’s Scott Kirby Finally Gets a CEO Job: Now What? – SkiftBrian Sumers asked me about my experiences with Scott when he…
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3 Bailout Links I Love: Alitalia, Hong Kong Airlines, and South African
This week’s featured link: Alitalia set for €400mn gov’t bailout after talks collapse – ch-aviationNobody wants to rescue Alitalia, so the burden…
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Allegiant Is the Latest To Get Operational Religion
Walking through Allegiant’s recent investor presentation is like walking through an alternate universe. For years, Allegiant was known as an airline with…
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An Aborted Attempt to Fly a KLM 747 (Almost A Trip Report)
Last week, I mentioned how the good people at Hahn Air asked me to be the first passenger to fly on a…
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Tokyo Tipping Point: Next Summer, Haneda Will Have More Flights to North America Than Narita
Travelers have always preferred Tokyo’s Haneda Airport over Narita, but artificial restrictions that prevented most international flights from operating at Haneda forced…