Airlines
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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…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Southwest CRO Andrew Watterson Talks California
Let’s start this week off with a podcast. I already wrote about Southwest’s declaration of war against Alaska and anyone else who…
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Random and Interesting Tidbits From American and United at the Boyd Conference
I generally prefer to write posts around a single, cohesive topic, but the more I dug into my notes from the Boyd…
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Allegiant’s Condo Project Could Mean Trouble for the Airline
I really enjoyed this year’s Boyd Conference, but I’ll admit I wish it had all happened one day later. Why? Well, I…
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3 Links I Love: Horizon’s Pilot Problems, Irma Gouging Isn’t Real, Rescue Flight in San Juan
This week’s featured link: Pilots’ union sues Horizon Air over deferral of 6 jet deliveries – Seattle Times These are interesting times…
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Ryanair Introduces a Thoughtful and Fair Carry-On Bag Fee
Maybe it’s just that we’re used to having fees slapped on haphazardly here in the US, but I find Ryanair’s effort to…
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Sun Country Dreams of Chasing Demand Through The Endless Summer
Last week at the Boyd Conference, Sun Country’s new CEO Jude Bricker had something of a coming out party. We had already…
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Cranky on the Web: Allegiant’s Growth Hurts Some Small Cities
Monday is Labor Day (and my 40th birthday as well), so I’m taking the day off. Look for my next post on…
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3 Links I Love: Ryanair’s Alitalia Mind Games, Non-Travelers Behind Security, Airport Rises From the Desert
This week’s featured link: Ryanair to bid for Alitalia’s jets: O’Leary – FlightGlobal On the surface, the idea that Ryanair would want…