Airlines
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A Look Ahead at the Alaska and Hawaiian Merger
Greetings from Dallas. Today is Southwest’s investor day, and I have made the trek to join analysts and media to hear what…
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United’s Oldest 777s Provide a Good if Not Distinctively Hawaiian Ride to Honolulu (Trip Report)
Back in May, I had a boys trip planned to go hiking on Molokai, and then Mother Nature had other plans. An…
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SAS Starts to Adapt to Its New French (and Dutch) Overlords
It’s been a big year for Scandinavian Airlines System, better known as SAS. The airline has long struggled with poor labor relations,…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Finalize the Merger After Agreeing to Largely Hollow DOT Conditions
After the US Department of Justice (DOJ) decided to let the Alaska/Hawaiian merger review period pass without saying a word, it seemed…
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Frontier is Rather Upbeat These Days
Frontier CEO Barry Biffle took the stage at Morgan Stanley’s 12th Annual Laguna Conference last week, and it was all unicorns and…
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Southwest Tries to End Elliott Threat By Sacrificing Gary Kelly
Southwest hasn’t broken under the weight of its activist investor, Elliott, but it has now bent. It appears that the airline is…
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JetBlue is Doing the Easy Part Well, But The Hard Part is Coming
JetBlue has put out some new updated guidance for Q3 of 2024, and it is looking (relatively) good. In a year when…
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Amelia is a Real Airline, and More From My Air France Flights Home From Europe (Trip Report)
Though I was ready to come home from our European adventure, I was not looking forward to our flights. We had several…
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A Closer Look at the Problems that Face Frontier, Other ULCCs
As the big ultra low cost carriers (ULCCs) continue to bleed money, many have asked questions about how things went so wrong…
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Aeromexico Tries to Grow in the US
For the last several years, Aeromexico has been a one note airline. It’s been all about Mexico City, but now the airline…
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An Air France B777-300ER From LA to Paris in Business Class (Trip Report)
They say the third time’s a charm, and I’m happy to report, that was actually the case this time around. After a…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Await DOT’s Ruling on Merger
It’s late August, and that means it’s the time of year when news slows to a crawl in the airline world. During…