Mergers/Finance
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Screw It – Let’s Lighten Things Up with the Playmobil Security Checkpoint
It’s been a heck of a week. Nice of Frontier to cap it off with a Chapter 11 filing last night, huh?…
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Aloha Means Hello . . . and Goodbye?
It looks like high oil prices may have claimed their first airline victim. Aloha Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last…
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Airport Experience, Baggage, Government Regulation, Inflight Entertainment, Mergers/Finance, Schedule Changes, US Airways
A Little More From US Airways
Ok, as requested (by at least one person), here are the rest of my notes from US Airways Media Day. I could…
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What the F*** is a Wet Lease?
When SAS started talking about how they would actually replace those Q400s they’re ditching, I noticed plenty of discussion about wet leases…
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AirTran Starts in on Milwaukee
Remember how I said there was no reason AirTran couldn’t try to build up Milwaukee on its own even after failing to…
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The Midwest Airlines Tug-o-War’s Impact on Customers
I got a little geeky yesterday with all the talk of the Midwest takeover, but I didn’t actually bother talking about the…
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TPG and Northwest Try to Buy the Cookie
I’ve been pretty confused since word came out that TPG and Northwest would be teaming up to offer to buy Midwest. I…
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AirTran and Midwest Put on the Boxing Gloves
A conversation with a fellow blogger over at Airline Views made me realize that I hadn’t really checked in on AirTran’s hostile…
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Delta Wins, US Airways Goes Back to Business
As you’ve probably heard by now, the (merger) party’s over. Delta will emerge from bankruptcy on its own after the unsecured creditors…
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Busy Times in the World of AirTran
AirTran has a lot going on these days. First and foremost, they continue to beg and plead Midwest to let them buy…
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Caribbean Star, China Southern, Continental, Delta, Frontier, LIAT, LTU, Mergers/Finance, Mesaba, Pinnacle, Schedule Changes, United, US Airways
Random Bits of Info – NFL Playoffs Edition
Why is this the NFL playoffs edition? Well, because I want to watch the games this afternoon and I have a lot…
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Go On Delta, Take the Money and Merge
I don’t know about you, but all this merger talk and no action is starting to make my eyes glaze over. I…