Airlines
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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…
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Southwest Declares War Against Alaska and Anyone Else Who Wants a Piece of California
I spent the beginning of this week at the Boyd Conference (aka International Aviation Forecast Summit), and while I was there, war…
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Could Spirit’s Big Front Seat Be a Model for the Industry?
If you’ve never had the chance to fly Spirit’s Big Front Seat, you might be surprised to hear that it’s probably one…
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Sun Country Plans to Go ULCC While Others Question Whether That Model Can Work for Any Airline
When Jude Bricker was brought in as the new CEO of Sun Country, I assumed a move toward his roots at ultra…
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Flying Hawaiian to Moloka’i (Trip Report)
Last month, it was Alaska. This month, I headed to Hawai’i. But unlike the trip last month, this was a true vacation…
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JetBlue’s Best West Coast Option May Be to Walk Away
JetBlue has a West Coast problem. While in general the consensus is that JetBlue needs to find a better way to serve…
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Solving the Mysterious Case of United’s High Denied Boarding Numbers
United has been in the news lately for a lot of reasons, many of them bad. But one thing that the airline…
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72 Hours With Alaska: Going Home and Wrapping Up
And so the adventure was over. After a night in Seattle, all I had to do was get back home. Unfortunately, I’m…
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72 Hours With Alaska: The Southern Part of the Milk Run
After the tranquil morning flying floatplanes with so few people around, entering the terminal at Juneau was a wake-up call. That’s where…
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72 Hours With Alaska: Juneau and Alaska Seaplanes
Once we landed in Juneau, Alaska EVP External Relations Joe Sprague was in his element. We had big plans until our flight…
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72 Hours With Alaska: The Northern Part of the Milk Run
We left off in Anchorage. After spending 24 hours on the ground, it was time to get that 737-400 Combi up in…