Airlines
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Don’t Waste the Effort, Let Air Italy Fail On Its Own
The big three US airlines (American, Delta, and United) have been hammering on the big three Middle East carriers (Emirates, Etihad, and…
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Can Thomas Cook’s Airlines Help Lufthansa Group’s Eurowings?
Thomas Cook is one of the most storied names in European travel, but it has not been doing well financially. Now the…
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3 Links I Love: Branson in the Caribbean, Long Beach Slots, The Return of Peotone
This week’s featured link: Virgin Atlantic boss expresses interest in investing in LIAT – The Daily HeraldRichard Branson has a track record…
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Asiana Tries to Shrink Its Way Out of Trouble
It has been — to be understated — a very bad year for Asiana, the second largest airline in South Korea. Years…
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Air Canada Business Class Via Vancouver to London (A Cranky Travelogue)
Once I had finished with planning my Islay pilgrimage, I barely had enough time to get excited for the trip before it…
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The Noose Tightens at Norwegian as Losses Continue
Norwegian has long been a master of confusion and spin, but at some point, even the experts can’t put lipstick on that…
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An Infrequent Flier Should Never Be Loyal to an Airline
I don’t think I’m overstepping by suggesting that airlines have borderline disdain for infrequent fliers. Even though those people are actually critically…
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3 Links I Love: American’s Near-Crash, Mexico City Costs Spike, Flower Duets For the Next 100 Years
This week’s featured link: American Airlines jet “nearly crashed” during takeoff at JFK last week – CBS NewsIn case you missed this,…
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United’s Livery Change is Barely Worth Mentioning, And That’s How United Wants It
The day has finally arrived. United has been talking about its livery refresh for some time, and we know what it looks…
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In Support of JetBlue’s European Decision
JetBlue has been hemming and hawing about going to Europe for a long time now, but it was only this month that…
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Hawaiian Chooses Its 787 Seats
Hawaiian has chosen its next generation widebody aircraft three times now. First the A350-800 was scrapped and Hawaiian went with the A330neo.…
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3 Links I Love: Jet is Another Etihad Failure, Pittsburgh Fight, Mr Awesome’s 727
This week’s featured link Jet Airways temporarily shuts operations as lenders refuse emergency funds – Times of IndiaI’m going to go ahead…