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Southwest Airlines Prepares to Return Boeing 737 Max to Service – Bloomberg
The re-launch of the 737 MAX continues to be pushed further out, but when the time finally does come, it won’t be easy to just put all the airplanes back in the air. Here’s …
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The bus to the plane: On board Sun Country’s first Landline connection – TPG
I love multi-modal, and here’s a trip report of the latest attempt to combine bus with plane. The biggest hurdle remains the inability to operate the bus “behind security.” People still need …
Two years ago, I spoke with Sun Country CEO Jude Bricker as he was just starting to implement his plan for turning Sun Country from an also-ran into a money-making machine. Would it work? He didn’t know. Last month, I spoke to him at the Boyd Conference, and it was …
Sun Country CEO gets very real on the airline’s quest for financial sustainability – MinnPost
Here’s a good interview with Sun Country CEO Jude Bricker. Note at the end how Sun Country is focusing on cost reduction now. Unit revenue growth efforts will come later. So enjoy those cheap fares …
In recent history, Sun Country has been an afterthought. It was a small airline that during the best of times was marginally profitable. It focused almost entirely on flying people from Minneapolis to… everywhere. Things have been slowly changing under new leader Jude Bricker. We’ve heard Jude talk about what …
Tomorrow is Dorkfest! Hope to see some of you at In-N-Out by LAX between 11 and 1p…
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How United’s Working to Right the Ship: An Interview With UA Leaders – The Points Guy
Chris Sloan did an interview with United COO Greg Hart and CCO Andrew …
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I decided to feature two links this week, because they shine light on two sides of the same coin…
Allegiant Air: The Budget Airline Flying Under the Radar – 60 Minutes
In case you missed it, 60 Minutes ran a scathing half-hour piece on Allegiant’s …
When it comes to major weather problems, I’m a pretty forgiving person. Weather wreaks havoc on an airline, and recovery can be really difficult. But even if it takes a week, it’s still important for an airline to make sure it completes its recovery by getting everyone where they need …
Sun Country flies Anchorage-Seattle now. Here’s what that means for your summer travel plans. – Anchorage Daily News
Sun Country is continuing with its spill carrier of choice strategy in a very obvious market: Seattle to Anchorage. It will, of course, only serve it during the summer when demand is …
Last week Sun Country was sold by the Davis brothers to funds managed by private-equity-giant Apollo. Apollo isn’t in this just to be nice. It wants to make money. Now, I find myself trying to figure out just how that’s going to actually happen.
Sun Country has not done well …
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How Oscar Munoz spooked United Airlines investors – Crain’s Chicago Business
If you missed it, United had its earnings call and it did not go well. There appears to be growing concern on Wall Street that the management team in place is not up to the …
Last week at the Boyd Conference, Sun Country’s new CEO Jude Bricker had something of a coming out party. We had already heard that the airline wanted to become an Ultra Low Cost Carrier (ULCC), but how would it be different than all the rest? In a presentation to …
