Southwest
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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…
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Cranky on the Web: So Much Coronavirus, JetBlue at 20, Luving Southwest, Frommer Radio Show
Coronavirus airplane travel: How US airlines are cleaning planes – Today ShowThis wasn’t an on camera interview, but it was an in-depth…
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Strange Math: A Fight for 27, or 29, or 39 New Gates in Denver
When Denver International Airport replaced Stapleton in the 1990s, it was designed to grow. Granted, at the time, it was hard to…
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3 Links I Love: Returning the MAX to Service, Sun Country Cargo, Jetlines Tries Something Different
This week’s featured link Southwest Airlines Prepares to Return Boeing 737 Max to Service – BloombergThe re-launch of the 737 MAX continues…
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Cranky on the Web: United's New CEO, Southwest Ponders Change, 2020 Route Launches
United’s Scott Kirby Finally Gets a CEO Job: Now What? – SkiftBrian Sumers asked me about my experiences with Scott when he…
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3 Links I Love: Grounding Southwest Planes, Delta Nabs Silver, Ontario at 3
I will be rolling out a redesign of the blog in the next week or so. If you’d like to see preview,…
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Cranky on the Web: Should Southwest Buy Another Airline?
If Southwest wanted to acquire another airline, which would it target? – Dallas Business JournalA research note suggesting that Southwest might consider…
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3 Links I Love: The Rise of Flight Shaming, OC Cuts, Connecting to a Bus
This Week’s Featured Link: Flight shaming hits air travel as ‘Greta effect’ takes off – Thomson Reuters FoundationFlight shaming is real, and…
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Flying on JetBlue’s Brand New and Hard-to-Find “Phase 2” Interiors (Trip Report)
I expected this to be just another normal trip report for my flight to Vegas for the Boyd Conference, but oh was…