Southwest
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Southwest Struggles With Denied Boardings, But Others Are Worse
Yesterday I wrote about the denied boarding trends at Alaska, American, Delta, and United. Today, I’m going to start with Southwest and…
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David Neeleman’s New Airline, Moxy, is Not Going to Make Southwest Happy
By now you’ve likely heard about David Neeleman’s new airline, Moxy, which I hope is a temporary name. While full details are…
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Southwest Continues to Slowly Trickle Out Details of Hawai’i Flying
I can’t decide whether to be annoyed or just plain impressed at how much Southwest has drawn out the announcement of its…
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Cranky on the Web: Rethinking Window Seats After Southwest 1380
Window seat or aisle? After Southwest incident, some fliers think twice – CNN Money If you read the title of this post…
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Southwest’s Post-Accident Response Starts the Right Way, But The Road is Long
At first, it seemed like a routine engine failure. Sure, the pictures coming off Southwest flight 1380 looked bad as did the…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest Stretches Its Fleet
Southwest Tries to Do More With Less Because of a Temporary Aircraft Shortage – Skift Last Saturday my wife and kids took…
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Washington’s Paine Field Begins Commercial Service This Fall and It’s Already Out of Room
There’s nothing quite like building a brand-spanking-new terminal only to find out that it’s completely full before it even opens. This sounds…
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3 Links I Love: A Political Bonus Thanks to Tax Reform, A 747 Wedding
This week’s TWO featured links: Southwest Airlines Rings In The New Year Under Tax Reform With Employee Bonus, Charitable Contribution, And Further…
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3 Links I Love: Retirement of a Salesman, Interviews with KLM and Southwest CEOs
This week’s featured link: Leahy reflects on 33 years at Airbus – Leeham News For those who don’t know, one of the…
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Long Beach and the Unsustainable Southwest Effect
On June 5, 2016, Southwest launched its first flights from Long Beach with 4 daily to Oakland. With a year’s worth of…
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With the New Terminal Approved, Southwest Sees Opportunity in Kansas City
On Tuesday, Kansas City voters overwhelmingly approved a new single terminal at the airport. Though polls showed it could have been a…
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JetBlue to Vegas, Southwest Home (Trip Report)
It’s only been a couple months since I was last in Vegas, but I had some meetings to attend so it was…