Airlines
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A Retro Continental Ride to Chicago (Trip Report)
United asked me to come speak at its commercial leadership team event in Chicago earlier this month. While Iʻm normally skeptical about…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Make Their First Network Moves to Boost Flows
The Alaska/Hawaiian merger has been a done deal for over a month, but it’s all been quiet so far. That is now…
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The Three Airlines Who Could Benefit Most From Spirit’s Downfall
It continues to get uglier and uglier at Spirit. The on-again, off-again merger with Frontier seems to be off again. The airline…
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Checking in with Mark Nasr on Air Canada’s NDC Journey (Across the Aisle)
Ever since American backed off its draconian implementation of New Distribution Capability (NDC) for travel agents, there’s been a whole lot less…
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Thinking About New York Competition Post-NEA
An appeals court ruled last week that the American and JetBlue Northeast Alliance (NEA) was indeed anti-competitive, shooting down American’s attempt to…
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Frontier’s Promise for Future Glory Remains a Question Mark
I found myself paying close attention to Frontier’s Q3 earnings report last week. This isn’t something that I’d normally do, but I…
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Southwest Redeyes are About More Than Just Utilization
After more than 50 years without scheduling a single redeye flight, Southwest has finally made the move. The initial batch of redeyes…
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Airlines are Implementing DOT Auto-Refunds, and It’s Bad News for Travelers
The Department of Transportation (DOT) in late April finalized rules requiring airlines to automatically issue refunds if there’s a disruption and no…
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Elliott and Southwest Declare a Truce… For Now
Southwest announced its third quarter earnings this week, and the results were not bad. (It’s easy to look good when you announce…
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Getting to Southwest Investor Day… on American (Trip Report)
Analysts and media had circled September 26 on their calendars for a long time. That was the day that Southwest would present…
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United’s Atlantic Joint Venture Guides How United Grows
I’m well aware that I’ve written a lot about United’s recent network announcement, but there’s still more to be said. Today, I…
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I Don’t Understand This Plan, but Elliott’s Showdown with Southwest’s Board Now Has a Date
Any time something happens in this airline industry we love, there’s a good chance I have an opinion on it. And to…