Airlines
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Southwest Officially Announces It’ll Eventually Fly to Some Airport in Hawai’i By 2019
Since the dawn of time, people have wondered when Southwest would start flying to Hawai’i. Now we finally know…ish, but we don’t…
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Ryanair Has Really Created a Mess For Itself
In the last month, Ryanair has greatly tarnished its image as a reliable operator thanks to a pilot vacation-scheduling snafu. It’s been…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest Shifts From the 737-300 to the MAX
Max 8 a jumbo upgrade for Southwest Airlines – Houston Chronicle The last week has been a huge change for Southwest. First…
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United Wants to Grow at LAX, But There’s Not Much Room… For Anyone
There are two big trends in airlines these days. The first is to start an ill-conceived subsidiary with an annoying single-word name…
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China Airlines is Coming to Ontario, and I Don’t Hate This Plan
After announcing it was evaluating service between Taipei/Taoyuan and Ontario nearly a month ago, China Airlines made it official on Friday in…
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Cranky on the Web: Norwegian’s Fast Start at Stewart
International budget flights out of Stewart prove popular – Hudson Valley One This story starts out giddy about Norwegian’s July numbers at…
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3 Links I Love: Joon Gets Worse, Feds Look at Fees, Southwest Says Seeya 737-300
This week’s featured link: Joon, the new generation travel experience by Air France – Air France I’ve made it clear how much…
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Back From the Big Island on United (Trip Report)
And now for the conclusion to this Hawaiian adventure. After my low and slow flights over from Moloka’i, I spent a week…
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Spirit CEO Bob Fornaro on the Benefits of Operational Improvement (Across the Aisle)
Welcome back to the second half of my interview with Spirit President and CEO Bob Fornaro. (If you missed the first half,…
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Spirit CEO Bob Fornaro on Price Competition and Doing What Spirit Does Best (Across the Aisle)
Spirit’s current President, Bob Fornaro, has seen a lot in this industry. After stints at TWA and Northwest, he spent much of…
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Norwegian Connects Passengers To easyJet While Ryanair Backs Away
I’ve written a bit about low cost carriers trying to find a way to juice revenues through connecting passengers. Ryanair has started…
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Low and Slow From Moloka’i to Waimea On Mokulele (Trip Report)
I’ve been back from Hawai’i for well over a month, but I’m only now getting around to writing up the rest of…