Airlines
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3 Links I Love: Why Won’t Airlines Fly Here?, European Mergers, Spirit’s Next CEO
This week’s featured link: ROBERT PRICE: Struggling airport, growing city: What’s up with that? – Bakersfield.com This kind of of conversation has…
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Republic “Commits” to Up to 200 Embraer Aircraft It’ll Probably Never Fly
This week is the Farnborough Airshow, a biennial orgy of aircraft orders where manufacturers try to flex their muscles and show the…
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Flying What’s Left of Virgin America on Alaska Airlines to Seattle (Trip Report)
Last year, I turned 40. This year, it was my wife’s turn. And for her 40th, she wanted to go on an…
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No, Norwegian Hasn’t Turned Into a Profit Machine
I don’t usually cover earnings here on the blog, but there were so many stories wrongfully touting Norwegian’s miraculously-profitable Q2 that I…
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Cranky on the Web: Huntsville Scares Birmingham
Frontier Airlines adds another city in Alabama, but what will it mean for BHM? – Birmingham Business Journal (soft paywall) You wouldn’t…
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3 Links I Love: Ode to the Dash, Fare Weakness, Asiana Crash Response
This week’s featured link: Dash 8: The Piedmont Story – YouTube As you know from reading the blog, Piedmont just retired its…
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JetBlue Supersizes Itself With A220 Order, A321 Upgauge
It wasn’t long ago that Airbus finalized its deal to take control of Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft program, so to celebrate, the aircraft…
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LEVEL Goes Short-Haul From Vienna, and I Struggle to Figure Out Why
When IAG launched LEVEL last year as a long-haul, low-cost airline, I understood the niche. But now, LEVEL is growing and not…
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As of Today, the Big Four US Airlines Have No Propellers Operating Under Their Brands
Yesterday, American Eagle flight 4927 landed in Salisbury, Maryland right around dusk. That flight, operated by a Dash 8-300, marks the end…
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David Neeleman’s New Airline, Moxy, is Not Going to Make Southwest Happy
By now you’ve likely heard about David Neeleman’s new airline, Moxy, which I hope is a temporary name. While full details are…
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Hawaiian’s A330 Flat Beds From Honolulu to Los Angeles (Trip Report)
I’m back from vacation tomorrow, so here’s one last Hawaiian post for you. With only one night in Hawai’i, it was easy…
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The Incredible Challenge of Improving Airports in Hawai’i
The vacation chugs along. I’m back with regular posts on July 3. For mainland visitors, the airports of Hawai’i probably seem better…