Airlines
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Just How Did American Perform After Its Pilot Schedule Problem?
Remember way back in early December? There were no absurdly-named bomb cyclones to speak of (if you have had to touch that…
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3 Links I Love: A Political Bonus Thanks to Tax Reform, A 747 Wedding
This week’s TWO featured links: Southwest Airlines Rings In The New Year Under Tax Reform With Employee Bonus, Charitable Contribution, And Further…
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Qatar Copies Etihad, Not Emirates In Its Quest to Fly Between Europe and the US
Just recently I wrote about how the real threat posed by the Middle East airlines to those in the US was fifth-freedom…
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Airlines We Lost 2017
It is that time once again where I pause to remember all the airlines that flew off into the desert this year,…
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American Significantly Increases Coach Award Space On Connecting Flights
At media day earlier this year, American admitted that it needed to loosen up on award availability. The airline has recently, quietly,…
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Wondering How Sun Country is Going to Make Its New Owners A Lot of Money
Last week Sun Country was sold by the Davis brothers to funds managed by private-equity-giant Apollo. Apollo isn’t in this just to…
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3 Links I Love: Horizon Stabilizes, Delta Flight Attendant Reality Show, Canada Retaliates
This week’s featured link: Horizon Air operations stabilize as crisis abates – The Seattle Times It’s good to see a little bit…
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Trump Gets Tough on the Middle East Airlines… Or Possibly Not
If you saw the news earlier this week that President Trump had addressed the gulf carrier subsidy issue, you could be forgiven…
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easyJet Makes Its Move on Berlin
When airberlin finally went under, there was a great deal of concern that Lufthansa would pick up all the pieces and leave…
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Delta’s Empire-Building Continues With a WestJet Joint Venture
Delta continued its efforts to take over the world last week with the announcement of its anticipated joint venture with Canada’s WestJet.…
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3 Links I Love: Berlin’s Terrible Airport Problem, Alitalia Fiddles While Rome Burns, Skytrax Shenanigans
This week’s featured link: The ongoing saga of Berlin’s unfinished airport – CNN Travel I’ve been watching with disbelief as the normally-efficient…
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The Best Part About the New Emirates First Class Is Its Virtual Windows
I don’t know about you, but when I saw the new Emirates First Class product, I gasped. No, no. I’m not talking…