Airports
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Cranky on the Web: American in Phoenix
American Airlines is shrinking in Phoenix – The Arizona Republic This is a great, long look by Dawn Gilbertson at what American…
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Norwegian Makes a Risky Choice to Serve New York City Through Stewart International Airport
Are you watching what Norwegian is up to these days? You should be. The airline seems to be throwing darts all over…
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3 Links I Love: Avianca’s Troubles, Sacramento’s High Costs, The Greatest Airport Hotel in the World
This week’s featured link: As Avianca Weighs Bids, Hedge Fund Plays Unusual Role: Diplomat – The New York Times Let’s head south…
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American Turns Around Its Operational Performance in LA While Southwest Continues to Falter
What a difference a few months can make. Back at the end of June, I followed up on some leads about American…
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3 Links I Love: Buffet Invests, Norwegian Can’t Take the Heat, The Greatest Anthem Belongs to the FAA
This week’s featured link: Warren Buffett Is Betting the Airline Oligopoly Is Here to Stay – Harvard Business Review The man who…
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3 Links I Love: Trump and Airlines, Burbank Goes Forward, Airplane Porn
This week’s featured link: Airlines to Trump: Block Rivals and Privatize Air Traffic Control – Bloomberg We frankly have no idea what…
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3 Links I Love: Airline Dorks, Santa Barbara Struggles, JetBlue Marketing Win
This week’s featured link: Eyes Aloft – The Sublime Obsession of Plane Spotting – VQR This is good long look at the…
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Heathrow’s New Runway is Sort Of, Kind Of Approved
If you think airport projects move slowly here in the US, just take a look at the UK. This week the semi-go-ahead…
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Thanks to Delta, More Than Two Dozen Airlines Are Switching Terminals at LAX, Here’s Where They’re Going
Update 3/27: The official plan is in place, and there were a couple of minor tweaks from my original map. I’ve updated…
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3 Links I Love: An Unsolved Eastern Crash, American’s Business Class Saga, Long Beach Customs
This week’s featured link: What Happened to Eastern Airlines Flight 980? – Outside Here’s a good, long read about the crash of…
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Delta’s Transcon Strategy Gives It More Flexibility to Fly Flat Beds From LA to DC
While I was gone, you may have seen that Delta announced it was going to start flying from Los Angeles to Washington/National…
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3 Links I Love: Interviewing Ed Bastian, MD-80s Go Bye Bye, LAX in the 1960s
This week’s featured link: Delta Air Lines CEO on why he still flies in the back of the plane – Marketplace Here’s…