Airlines
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Belatedly Pondering Alaska’s Dallas Plans
I’m well aware that it’s been about three weeks since Alaska announced its plans for serving Dallas/Love Field, but I’ve been thinking…
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Southwest’s Surprising Decision to Stop Overbooking
If you thought United’s 10-point plan to deal with the Dr Dao dragging incident was a bit much, just look at what…
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3 Links I Love: Let’s Buy Alitalia, American Jacks Up Pay, United Mourns JFK
This week’s featured link: Lufthansa says not interested in taking over Alitalia – Financial Express The worst airline ever continues to live…
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United Releases Its 10-Point Plan to Avoid Roughing Up Passengers
Soon after Dr David Dao was dragged off United Express flight 3411, the airline said it would be doing a full review…
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I Don’t Care if a Flight Attendant Almost Hit a Baby
I received several notes over the weekend asking about the incident on American where there was a flight attendant, a mom, a…
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WestJet Says It’s Starting an Ultra Low Cost Carrier
Just when you thought things couldn’t get weirder north of the border, WestJet decided to step up. The airline that for years…
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Cranky on the Web: More United, Of Course
Story On United 3411 and Dr David Dao – Fox 11 News Somehow I missed this last week, but the reporter from…
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JetBlue vs Virgin America: The Final Showdown Part 2 – Virgin America First Class (Trip Report)
Welcome to part 2 of the final chapter of the JetBlue vs Virgin America trilogy. If you missed part 1, my flight…
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JetBlue vs Virgin America: The Final Showdown Part 1 – JetBlue Mint (Trip Report)
A couple years ago I compared JetBlue and Virgin America head-to-head on a short-haul trip. I followed that up with a long-haul…
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Cranky on the Web: A Whole Lot of United and Pretty Much Nothing Else
As far as media appearances go, this week was easily the busiest I’ve ever encountered. And of course, everyone was talking about…
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3 Links I Love: Ryanair Connections are Coming, Good News for Airline Dorks
This week’s featured link: Ryanair Unveils 2017/18 (Year 4) “Always Getting Better” Plan – Ryanair This is starting to sound like a…
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Hawaiian Marches to the Beat of Its Own Drum With New A321 Cabin
There’s something exciting about the introduction of a new type of airplane into an airline’s fleet. I’m not talking about an airline…