Airlines
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Singapore Makes A Move Toward Higher Luxury… And Higher Density On Its A380s
When Singapore Airlines first launched its A380s a decade ago, it was quite the spectacle. Though people had long heard about the…
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3 Links I Love: Air France’s Optimism, You Get What You Pay For, No More KLM Fokkers
This week’s featured link: Interview: Air France-KLM CEO on Millennials and Unions of All Kinds – Skift Ever wonder what runs through…
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American’s New Senior Vice President of Los Angeles Gives The Airline’s Vision for the City
Back in May, Suzanne Boda was named American’s Senior Vice President of Los Angeles. The creation of this role was a visible…
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Southwest Takes Me to Crankyfest Tahoe (Trip Report)
Every Fall, we put together a gathering for Cranky Concierge employees so we can get together, talk shop, and have a little…
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3 Links I Love: United’s Management Under Fire, Sun Country’s ULCC Twist, Jet2’s Empty Seats
This week’s featured link: How Oscar Munoz spooked United Airlines investors – Crain’s Chicago Business If you missed it, United had its…
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At LaGuardia, JetBlue and Alaska Customers Win in the Temporary Terminal Shuffle
You don’t need me to tell you that New York’s LaGuardia Airport sucks. If you’ve been even remotely near the place, you…
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Cranky on the Web: More 747 Love
One of United’s last 747s comes to Houston once more before retirement – Houston Chronicle It’s like I’m an addict who can’t…
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3 Links I Love: Delta Checks In, Saying Goodbye to the 747 and the 737-400 Combi
It’s a trio of airline-produced content this week… This week’s featured link: Delta introduces auto check-in for Fly Delta app users –…
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Polaris: When United Cried Wolf
Let’s get one thing straight. I’m not here to bash Polaris. When United relaunched its international business class last June, I liked…
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30% of TAP Air Portugal’s Boston Customers Start Their Journey on JetBlue (aka The Power of Partnerships)
We’ve seen both JetBlue and Alaska/Virgin America aggressively pursue a strategy of providing domestic connectivity to foreign airline partners. One of JetBlue’s…
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Lufthansa Picks Up Part of airberlin’s Carcass While easyJet Still Circles
The end is nigh for airberlin. After years of being kept alive on life support thanks to Etihad’s free-flowing money, it’s all…
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3 Links I Love: Airbus and the Bullshit Castle, Ode to the 747, Frontier Cuts
This week’s featured link: Airbus Corruption Scandal May Lead Straight to the Top – Der Spiegel The language is a bit stilted,…