Southwest
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Frontier Waves Goodbye to Houston Hobby, Moves Back to Intercontinental
It’s not often that I find a reason to write about Houston twice in one week (or one decade), but sure enough,…
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United Hates Houston’s Plan for Two International Airports
Residents of the Dallas/Ft Worth Metroplex probably rolled their eyes at the news that Southwest is pushing for more freedom at Houston’s…
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Cranky on the Web (April 2 – 6)
Live Chat: Children on planes – Canada.com I was one of the panelists for a live chat about kids on airplanes. You…
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Delta, Hawaiian, and Southwest Talk Fleet Strategy
One of the more interesting panels in Phoenix last week was the one that focused on fleet strategy. There’s always a ton…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier Picks Up Where Southwest Leaves
Frontier has been busy quickly picking up routes that Southwest has decided to have AirTran abandon. We’ll see nonstops from Orlando to…
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Southwest’s Uniquely Customer-Friendly AirTran Merger Plan
Today is Valentine’s Day, so how about a little LUV story? One of the things about Southwest’s takeover of AirTran that I…
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Topic of the Week: Fuel Hedging
People love to claim that Southwest’s fuel hedging strategy was brilliant last decade for keeping costs low. Others say it was terrible…
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Topic of the Week: Southwest’s Bigger Airplanes Start Flying Soon
Yesterday, Southwest loaded the new 737-800 aircraft into its schedules. Starting on April 11, you can start flying the 175-seat birds from…
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Southwest Decides Which AirTran Cities Make the Cut as It Adds Seats
While I was off, Southwest made a couple of interesting moves worth talking about. By far the most interesting to me was…
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Southwest CEO Rallies the Troops with a Sobering Note, Focuses on Costs
Southwest chief Gary Kelly sent out a great email to the airline’s employees (or, “People”) yesterday talking about the situation with American…
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Cranky on the Web (November 28 – December 2)
Air Travel Naughty and Nice List: Point Counterpoint – Conde Nast Daily Traveler One Daily Traveler blogger wrote about the Consumer Reports…
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Topic of the Week: A Southwest Feel Good Story
It’s the holiday season, so that means it’s time for some nice warm and fuzzy stories. Southwest put out a good one…