April Fools
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Spirit to Transition Its Model to Fly Only on Peak Travel Days
In the post-pandemic world, airlines have been struggling to figure out how to deal with the massive variability in demand by day-of-week.…
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Boeing Announces New 797 to Replace the 737 Family
After more than 50 years, Boeing has finally announced plans to cancel the Boeing 737 program. The company is going to launch…
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American to Stop Selling Advance Tickets for All Flights
On the heels of its decision to pull forty percent of its fares from sale through traditional third party channels, American has…
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Breeze To Buy JetBlue, Restore Neeleman to Power
After an earlier attempt to acquire Avelo and aha! to create the super ULCC bravaha! fell through, Breeze has now moved on…
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United Announces Sweeping Changes to Europe, Will Open London Heathrow Hub
It’s been a difficult year for all airlines, but for United — an airline with a heavy international focus that’s been plagued…
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Southwest to Offer Preboarding To Those Willing to Help Prevent COVID-19 With New Shoot’nBoard Program
There is very little that preoccupies Southwest travelers’ minds more before a flight than wondering if they’ll be able to get the…
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Delta Introduces Comfort Basic Economy+
As travelers in the US finally get used to the idea of Basic Economy, Delta has decided to make things even more…
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United Announces Plans to Make Polaris the Best Premium Cabin in the World
When United first announced it would re-brand and upgrade its business class cabin under the Polaris brand, the reviews were almost entirely…
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American to Paint 737 in Trump Shuttle Retro Livery
Not only do you get a Wednesday post this week, but you get a Saturday one as well. I just didn’t want…
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Republic Agrees to Buy Virgin America
Today’s not a normal posting day, but with news like this, I couldn’t wait. It’s been a couple weeks since we found…
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Delta Announces It Will Stop Informing Travelers How Many Miles They’ve Earned
I know today isn’t a normal posting day, but this news was important enough for me to move up the posting schedule…
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Aeroflot Launches Takeover of Ukraine International Airlines, Eyes Air Moldova
Big news out of Russia this week as Aeroflot has decided to take over Ukrainian flag carrier Ukraine International Airlines (UIA). Rumor…