Southwest
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JetBlue Cuts While Southwest Grows
Greetings from Airlineville. On the surface, it was another quiet week for our fine residents, but underneath, there was more action than…
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Southwest Adds Chicago’s O’Hare and Houston’s Intercontinental… But Why?
Southwest used to be an airline that added dots in the Continental US to its route map at a torrid pace, but…
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3 Links I Love: Southwest’s 2021 Plan, Wizz Goes For the Kill, United Jumps on a Bandwagon
This week’s featured link Gary Kelly Outlines Plans to Avoid Layoffs and Furloughs Through 2021 – Southwest MediaI thought this 10 minute…
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The Cranky Flier Interview #18: Southwest Airlines Chief Commercial Officer, Andrew Watterson
I’m back with another Cranky Flier Interview, presented by Ontario International Airport. It’s time once again for the annual chat with Southwest…
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More Schedule Cuts, American Plays With Fire, and Southwest Corrects Its Course
I fear my relationship with Diio by Cirium is becoming unhealthy. Every Friday night, I run to Diio to learn about that…
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Demand Drying Up: Airlines Chop Summer Schedules With Florida Taking the Lead
Friday nights are now one of the most exciting times of the week. Each Friday, Diio by Cirium loads that week’s schedule…
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Delta and United Play Catch Up in August While American Slows
The story of the summer so far has been American’s aggressive approach to capacity in the domestic US market. The airline put…
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Southwest Gets Aggressive While Others Can’t
We all know the story about Southwest. It came from nothing to become the most consistently profitable and beloved airline in America.…
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Cranky on the Web: Flying In the Age of COVID, United’s Future
After coronavirus: Your next flight may look like this – Los Angeles TimesFrom the title, this mean seem like a look at…
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Beware the Class Action Lawsuit
With airlines and online travel agents changing and, at times, seemingly making up random rules to prevent refunds, it’s no surprise to…
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Southwest Moves Toward a Hub Model With May Schedule
Southwest has been busy cutting its schedule like everyone else, and for May it’s down by more than half to about 2,000…
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Southwest to Offer Preboarding To Those Willing to Help Prevent COVID-19 With New Shoot’nBoard Program
There is very little that preoccupies Southwest travelers’ minds more before a flight than wondering if they’ll be able to get the…