Airlines
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Thinking Through DOT’s Surprising FAA Oversight Memo
You may have heard yesterday something about how the Department of Transportation (DOT) was investigating maintenance practices at Allegiant and American. That’s…
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Alaska Prepares to Shuffle Airbus and Boeing Fleets
The “proudly all-Boeing” Alaska Airlines is no more. With the Virgin America merger done from a customer perspective, there are both Airbus…
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Southwest Continues to Slowly Trickle Out Details of Hawai’i Flying
I can’t decide whether to be annoyed or just plain impressed at how much Southwest has drawn out the announcement of its…
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3 Links I Love: WOW Gets Crazy, Hawaiian Stories, United’s New Coach Seat
This Week’s Featured Link: Iceland’s WOW air eyes first foreign hub, Asian routes – ch-aviation I can’t say this news about WOW…
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(Even More) Storm Clouds on the Horizon for Alitalia
You’ve probably been wondering when there would be a new post on Alitalia. After all, the airline was supposed to have been…
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The Deal That Brought a Delta Transatlantic Flight to Indianapolis
It’s not surprising to see airports put out incentive packages to bring in new flights, but there was something about the deal…
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Questionable Motives and Tactics Cast a Shadow on the 60 Minutes Allegiant Story
When word came down that 60 Minutes would be shining a spotlight on Allegiant’s safety record a couple weeks back, I assumed…
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Cranky on the Web: Dynamic Pricing’s Pros and Cons, More on JetBlue, Cranky Profiled
To work, dynamic pricing must be transparent – Travel Weekly Ok, so technically I wasn’t quoted in this piece, but instead the…
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JetBlue’s New SoCal Strategy: Shrink Long Beach, Grow Long Haul
One of the biggest questions surrounding JetBlue has been what exactly it was going to do for its West Coast strategy. It…
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Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia Prepare for Battle as Joint Venture Ends
It’s not often we see a joint venture unravel, but that’s exactly what’s happening across the Tasman as Air New Zealand has…
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Virgin America Has One More Day Before it Disappears and Alaska Is Prepared
Virgin America’s time is almost up. After the last flight goes tomorrow night, April 24, the airline will officially be gone from…
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Cranky on the Web: Rethinking Window Seats After Southwest 1380
Window seat or aisle? After Southwest incident, some fliers think twice – CNN Money If you read the title of this post…