Airlines
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3 Links I Love: Norwegian Saved, SAS Livery, MAX Piloting
This week’s featured link: Norwegian’s bondholders accept debt relief plan – ch-aviationNorwegian has once again found a way to burn enough furniture…
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As Profits Increase, Sun Country Charts Its Growth Plan
Two years ago, I spoke with Sun Country CEO Jude Bricker as he was just starting to implement his plan for turning…
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Moxy Should Buy Compass
David Neeleman’s proposed start-up is racing to get in the air, and the timetable has recently moved forward to next year. How…
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Five Airports, Four Islands, One Day of Hawaiian Flyin’ (Trip Report – Part 2)
In the first part of this story, Alex and I were just about to miss our flight from Kahului to Lihu’e thanks…
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3 Links I Love: Basic Evolves, Lufthansa Design, a Very Crowded Market
This week’s featured link: The Evolution of Basic Economy – an Update – VisualApproach.ioYou might be surprised to learn that airlines have…
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Five Airports, Four Islands, One Day of Hawaiian Flyin’ (Trip Report – Part 1)
Three years ago, I took eight flights on Southwest within California without ever touching the same airport twice. Knowing I was spending…
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Spirit Tries to Get Back on Track
Spirit has been an airline on a mission. After years of forcing travelers to suffer through a poor operation and customer service…
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Sabotage is Bad for the Union But Worse for American Airlines
American Airlines and its mechanics have been locked in prolonged negotiations for years. Things escalated recently when the unions were slapped by…
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3 Links I Love: The American MD-80 Edition
American may not have had a 747 to retire like Delta and United, but the airline put together one heck of a…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Southwest’s Andrew Watterson Talks MAX, Newark’s Fall, and More
Late August means it’s time for the International Aviation Forecast Summit, better known as the Boyd conference. For the third year in…
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Southwest May Not Love Newark, But Frontier Sure Does
Frontier has served New York’s LaGuardia Airport for many years, but it doesn’t want to fly to New York from just one…
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Five Airports, Four Islands, One Day of Hawaiian Flyin’ (Video)
It’s Labor Day here in the US, and that means I usually don’t post. But I have such a backlog of things…