Airports
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Talking to Southwest’s CEO About Why He’s Bullish on Long Beach
Yep, it’s time for another Long Beach post. But this time, I’m only writing about it because Southwest CEO Gary Kelly was…
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A Preview of Southwest’s New Security Checkpoint Opening Monday in Los Angeles
Anyone who has flown Southwest through Terminal 1 in Los Angeles over the last couple of years knows that it’s been pretty…
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If You Thought the Alaska/Virgin America Merger Was Anti-Competitive, Take a Look at San Francisco
I can’t recall anyone outside of the federal government thinking that the Alaska/Virgin America merger was in any way anti-competitive, but all…
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3 Links I Love: Boeing’s MoM Gets a Boost, JetBlue Feels Pain in Atlanta, More on the Port Authority Scandal
This week’s featured link: United Looks at Boeing’s ‘Paper Plane’ and Likes What It Sees – Bloomberg Bloomberg has been cranking out…
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3 Links I Love: Another Defection From American to United, Frontier Trying to Fix Things, United’s New 777-300ER
This week’s featured link: Yet Another American Airlines Executive Leaves for United – Airways Word starting leaking out quickly on Wednesday. Andrew…
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3 Links I Love: Delta Grows an Old Hub, Bring Your Own Pilots, Long Beach Misinformation
Expanding service to most popular nonstop destinations from Cincinnati – Delta News Hub Are you a mid-market former hub airport desperate to…
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I’m Skeptical That United is Really Planning a Huge Growth Push at LAX
Bloomberg ran the headline and the news spread like wildfire. “United Airlines Said to Plan Los Angeles Push in Comeback Effort.” Could…
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3 Links I Love: A380 for Risk Takers, Fixing LAX Gridlock, Birds at Garbage in Lebanon
This week’s featured link: A380, from flagship to LCC mass transport – Leeham News and Comment Here’s an interview with the head…
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Long Beach Ends Talk of a Customs Facility, Will JetBlue Walk?
If there’s one thing we learned during the last election, it’s that misinformation, fear-mongering, and bullying are now a blueprint for success.…
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Southwest Reveals Its Ft Lauderdale Plans as a Four-Way Battle Heats Up
Southwest extended its schedule into the summer recently, and the biggest winner was clearly Ft Lauderdale. Southwest is adding six new cities…
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The Plan to Fix JFK Focuses on the Wrong Thing
We’ve heard a lot about the billions of dollars being sunk into New York’s LaGuardia Airport, but what about JFK? Oh don’t…
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How Can We Prevent Another Ft Lauderdale-Style Shooting?
In the wake of the recent shooting in the baggage claim area in Ft Lauderdale Airport’s Terminal 2, there are a lot…