Southwest
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Many Airlines Say They Have the Best On Time Performance, Let’s See How They’re All Right
The funny thing about statistics is you can really manipulate them to say pretty much whatever you want. Airlines are certainly good…
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A Preview of Southwest’s Remodeled Terminal in Los Angeles Which Begins Opening Thursday
If you’ve flown through LAX on Southwest in the last couple of years, you know what a nightmare it’s been. There’s a…
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Southwest Surprises, Joins JetBlue and Delta in Applying For Long Beach Slots
I did not see that coming. Back in December, it was revealed that noise levels had dropped so low that Long Beach…
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3 Links I Love: Impact of Middle East Airlines, Pan Am, Southwest Exodus
Today’s featured link: New Data Show Steep Decline in International Bookings in Orlando, San Francisco, and Chicago after Gulf Carriers Launch New…
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Alaska Airlines, Alitalia, American, Bombardier, Delta, Etihad, Frontier, JetBlue, Malaysia Airlines, Southwest, Spirit, UnitedReviewing Your 2015 Predictions
It’s a relatively new tradition here on the blog, but I like it. At the end of each year, I ask for…
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3 Links I Love – Southwest Shakes Up Small Cities, Emirates’s Godfather, and Air Canada’s Pit Crew
Last week, most of you liked the idea of doing a weekly news roundup, but not all. So I’m trying something a…
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Southwest’s Chief Marketing Officer Responds to My Thoughts on Transfarency
After I wrote my thoughts about Southwest’s new Transfarency campaign, I received a note from Beth Harbin, Southwest’s Senior Director of Communications.…
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Southwest Introduces Transfarency to Try to Convince You It Has Low Fares
Southwest had a media day last week, but since I was in Denver I wasn’t able to make it. The big announcement…
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Topic of the Week: Should Delta Be Able to Fly to Dallas Love Field?
It’s been a heck of a fight between Southwest and Delta in Dallas. Once United gave up its gates to Southwest, Delta…
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Finding Awesome Award Seats to Japan and Our Delayed Positioning Flight (Trip Report)
As you know, I was on vacation a couple weeks ago, but what you might not know is that this was the…
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Cranky on the Web – Bomb Threats, TSA Failures, Southwest’s Web Meltdown
Bomb Threats, TSA Security Failures Mark Start of Summer Travel – NBC News With the recent bomb threats and TSA failures to…
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Why Doesn’t Southwest Fly Redeyes? (Ask Cranky)
I’m on vacation all this week, but that doesn’t mean I’m leaving you hanging. I have new posts ready to go on…