United
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Should United Close Its Hub at Washington’s Dulles Airport?
Pretty much everyone has a theory on how United should fix its problems, and many of those include a capacity reduction of…
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United Copies Delta’s Move to a Revenue-Based Loyalty Program, But What Will American Do?
Whether you like it or not, you have to admit that Delta went out on a limb when it decided to let…
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Topic of the Week: Hubs Keep Getting Bigger
This last week, we saw Qantas announce that it was upgauging its Sydney-Dallas/Ft Worth flight to an A380. That means more feed…
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Topic of the Week: First Quarter Earnings Show a Struggling United, JetBlue
For quarter earnings are out for the big guys, and the results are pretty easily divided into winners and losers. Losers United…
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Topic of the Week: Do You Approve of United’s Carry-On Enforcement?
United has recently stepped up enforcement of its carry-on rules. Now, you will have to size your bag at the gate. If…
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United’s Economy Plus Policy When You Change Your Flight is Entirely Unfair
If you buy an upgrade into an extra legroom seat, you probably expect that fee to be non-refundable if you decide not…
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Topic of the Week: What Routes Do You Hope the 787 Will Open?
United is going to use its 787-9 to fly nonstop from LA to Melbourne. This seems like a great use of that…
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As United Shrinks Cleveland, Other Airlines Start to Move In
That didn’t take long. Just last week United announced it would dismantle its Cleveland hub, but now others are already starting to…
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Cranky on the Web (February 8 – 14)
With United hub’s exit, Hopkins is back on the radar of other airlines – Crain’s Cleveland Business I was asked to comment…
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ExpressJet Tells United It Needs to Reduce Express Flying Due to Pilot Shortage
The impact of new rest rules and higher minimum hour requirements for commercial pilots in the US continues to have bigger and…
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United Cuts Its Cleveland Hub, Blames Connecting Passengers and the FAA
Less than two months ago, I asked Brian Znotins, VP of Network for United, what the future of Cleveland looked like. He…
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American, Delays/Cancellations, Delta, JetBlue, JFK – New York/JFK, ORD – Chicago/O’Hare, United, WeatherAn In-Depth Look at How Airlines Handled the Weather in New York and Chicago
I’ve had a few notes and comments come in regarding how one airline handled the bad weather last week versus another airline.…