Airlines
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Only Russia is Holding India Back
When I looked at the Chinese market, one of the comments asked me to do a similar look at India. I’m happy…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Start to Move Metal Around
We’ve seen bits and pieces of Alaska’s plans for its integration with Hawaiian, but this weekend the airline loaded its first major…
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JetBlue Turns Europe from Business to Leisure in Two Short Years
I know, you were probably expecting me to talk about JetBlue finally confirming to the Wall Street Journal it will install a…
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Alaska Goes Global With New Asia Flying, Hear From CEO Ben Minicucci About This and So Much More
Today’s post is coming a bit earlier than normal, and that’s because Alaska has just announced a whole lot of news in…
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Frontier Woos The High-Dollar Traveler with First Class, Upgrades
Frontier continues to make sweeping changes to its business model as it searches for profitability, and now, it’s going upscale. The airline…
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A Retro United Ride Back Home From Chicago (Trip Report)
When we last left off, I had enjoyed my retro Continental experience for my trip to Chicago where I spoke at United’s…
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Lufthansa and ITA Finally Come Together
Though it’s true that the transaction hasn’t officially closed just yet — and may not until the new year — the acquisition…
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A Retro Continental Ride to Chicago (Trip Report)
United asked me to come speak at its commercial leadership team event in Chicago earlier this month. While Iʻm normally skeptical about…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Make Their First Network Moves to Boost Flows
The Alaska/Hawaiian merger has been a done deal for over a month, but it’s all been quiet so far. That is now…
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The Three Airlines Who Could Benefit Most From Spirit’s Downfall
It continues to get uglier and uglier at Spirit. The on-again, off-again merger with Frontier seems to be off again. The airline…
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Checking in with Mark Nasr on Air Canada’s NDC Journey (Across the Aisle)
Ever since American backed off its draconian implementation of New Distribution Capability (NDC) for travel agents, there’s been a whole lot less…
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Thinking About New York Competition Post-NEA
An appeals court ruled last week that the American and JetBlue Northeast Alliance (NEA) was indeed anti-competitive, shooting down American’s attempt to…