Airlines
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American and Qantas Try to Hook Up Again, Warn of Doom and Gloom If Shot Down
Back in 2015, American and Qantas tried to gain US government approval to expand a joint venture to include anti-trust immunity for…
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Short Flight in the Back of a Fancy Airplane: American 787-9 (Trip Report)
It’s February and that means it’s time to take my annual pilgrimmage to Dallas/Ft Worth for American’s Annual Leadership Conference. The ALC…
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Qatar Plans to Kill Alitalia With Aggressive Growth at the Newly-Christened Air Italy
It’s on. Etihad tried to remake Alitalia from the Worst Airline Ever into something amazing. That didn’t work. Now, Qatar Airways seems…
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3 Links I Love: Frontier’s Ever-Changing Network, Boeing Targets the A330neo, Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum
This week’s featured link: Travelers air frustration over changes by Frontier Airlines – Newsday Frontier is exceedingly quick at moving in and…
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Air Canada’s Basic Economy Introduction Shows How a Even a Slightly Smoother Booking Process Makes A Big Difference
Following in the footsteps of its American counterparts, Air Canada has decided to join the Basic Economy club on some domestic Canadian…
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Norwegian’s Awful 2017 Shows Mounting Challenges to the Business
I may not cover earnings reports all that often here, but when one comes out that’s as bad as Norwegian’s, I take…
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Sampling American’s Completely Unnecessary Yet Oddly Appealing Flagship Dining Experience
I really don’t care about airline lounges. Sure, I’ll gladly check one out when given the opportunity just out of curiosity, but…
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JetBlue’s Weak Operational Performance Impacts More Than Just the Northeast
When I looked at 2017 operational performance earlier this year, I told you I was going to drill down a bit on…
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With Four More Tokyo/Haneda Slots, Delta Could Pull Out of Its Ever-Shrinking Narita Hub Entirely
If you like the game “death by a thousand cuts,” then you’ll love what Delta has been doing at Tokyo’s Narita Airport.…
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Cranky on the Web: Frontier’s New Cities
Frontier Airlines to start service from BHM – Birmingham Business Journal This was a rather strange discussion, because the reporter knew that…
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3 Links I Love: Lufthansa’s Acceptable New Livery, JetBlue’s West Coast Strategy Turns Angry, A Brief Book Report
This week’s featured link: Heritage meets the future. Lufthansa presents a new brand design. – Lufthansa Group Newsroom The new Lufthansa livery…
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Lufthansa Group Slowly Chips Away at European Boundaries With Brussels Airlines Changes
Airline consolidation in Europe has gone very differently from how it’s gone here in the US. Unlike the true mergers we have…