United
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United Says It Grabs Six More Gates at O’Hare, But It’s Not Entirely Clear
It’s been well-documented how American has shrunk in Chicago since the pandemic, but how many of you know how that impacts O’Hare’s…
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A Retro United Ride Back Home From Chicago (Trip Report)
When we last left off, I had enjoyed my retro Continental experience for my trip to Chicago where I spoke at United’s…
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A Retro Continental Ride to Chicago (Trip Report)
United asked me to come speak at its commercial leadership team event in Chicago earlier this month. While Iʻm normally skeptical about…
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The Three Airlines Who Could Benefit Most From Spirit’s Downfall
It continues to get uglier and uglier at Spirit. The on-again, off-again merger with Frontier seems to be off again. The airline…
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Airlines are Implementing DOT Auto-Refunds, and It’s Bad News for Travelers
The Department of Transportation (DOT) in late April finalized rules requiring airlines to automatically issue refunds if there’s a disruption and no…
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United’s Atlantic Joint Venture Guides How United Grows
I’m well aware that I’ve written a lot about United’s recent network announcement, but there’s still more to be said. Today, I…
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The Unexpected Rebirth of United’s Narita Hub
In 1986, United Airlines took over Pan Am’s Pacific route network. This was arguably the beginning of the end for Pan Am,…
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United’s Wild Summer Schedule Shows How Different This Airline Is
It was just a couple days ago when I talked about how Delta was strengthening its southern European operation next summer, including…
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United’s Oldest 777s Provide a Good if Not Distinctively Hawaiian Ride to Honolulu (Trip Report)
Back in May, I had a boys trip planned to go hiking on Molokai, and then Mother Nature had other plans. An…
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A Look at the Other Ocean: United Over the Atlantic
I wrote yesterday about how United had some real struggles filling seats in its Pacific network around the holiday season. But the…
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United Struggles to Fill All Those Seats Down Under
United made a huge push into the Pacific this winter, and the numbers are somewhat staggering. With so many seats flooding the…
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United Postpones Start of Faro, Cebu Due to FAA Restrictions
Rumors had been swirling, but on March 22, United’s VP of Corporate Safety Sasha Johnson put out an internal memo explaining that…