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To Nobody's Surprise, American Partners With Gol and Beefs Up Miami
This morning, American is announcing that it is going to begin codesharing with Gol down in Brazil. On top of that, it’s…
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A Magical Interview with American Airlines CEO Doug Parker
I mentioned the big press event at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in yesterday’s post, and I said I’d follow it up…
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CEOs of Virgin Atlantic and LanzaTech Talk About the Bright Future of Recaptured Carbon as Fuel
Earlier this month, I was invited to dig into the weeds on Virgin Atlantic’s latest alternative fuel efforts and take the first…
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A New Book: 3 Feet to the Left
How about something a bit different today? It’s not uncommon for me to get requests to read a manuscript, and I will…
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Cranky on the Web: Discovering Stopovers
From Layover to Stayover – Travel WeeklyI had a long conversation with the author for this lengthy and interesting piece about stopover…
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American’s New Flights Do Not Bode Well for the Phoenix Hub (The Pessimistic View)
Shortly after US Airways and American announced their merger in 2013, I made some predictions about what I thought would happen to…
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An Update on Southwest’s Hawai’i Plans
If you thought I was done with the Boyd Conference, you’re wrong. I’m just slow. While I was there, I had the…
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Spirit’s Current and Future CEOs on Growing the Three Pieces of the Network (Across the Aisle)
At this year’s International Aviation Forecast Summit, I was particularly excited to have a chance to sit down with Spirit. Last year…
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OneJet “Temporarily” Suspends Its Flights, But a Return to the Skies Would Be Surprising
It was just two weeks ago that I wrote about ominous clouds hovering over OneJet. Now there’s been another blow: flights and…
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Cranky on the Web: Honolulu’s Modernization Plan Moves Forward, PSA’s American Eagle Meltdown in Charlotte
Honolulu’s Long-Awaited Airport Modernization You already saw my post this week about how difficult it is to deal with the airports in…
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Biometric Boarding is Coming Whether You Like It Or Not (and You Should Like It)
I headed out to gate 152 in the Bradley Terminal at LAX last Thursday to watch British Airways board a 787 bound…
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Bankruptcy Bites: Monarch and airberlin Make Life Miserable for Travelers
I’ve been watching as some weaker European airlines have fallen like dominoes over the last few months, and it’s striking to me…