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Southwest’s Push for Ancillaries and Upsells Has Officially Begun
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Wednesday, May 28 was a big day in the history of Southwest Airlines. It’s the day the airline took a big step toward… being like everybody else. We knew this was coming, of course, but…
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TAP Air Portugal CEO Luís Rodrigues on Needing a Partner, Not Wanting XLRs (Across the Aisle)
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We’re going to go old-school today with an Across the Aisle transcript of an interview I did with TAP Air Portugal’s CEO Luís Rodrigues. I was supposed to do this in person on the day…
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Cranky on the Web: Talking India, Chicago, and Regionals
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AI is at it again. This one might give you nightmares… sorry about that. The Cranky Cockpit – feat. Brett Snyder – The Indian #AvGeekVishal Mehra had me on his Indian-focused podcast, and we talked…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: FAA Takes Action in Newark, Delta Takes Action in Court
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FAA Comes to its Senses in Newark Our crusade against Newark finally has a powerful ally — the federal government. The FAA released an interim order dramatically reducing the amount of aircraft movements at the…
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Stunning Scenery Flying Alaska To Santa Rosa… But Also Delays (Trip Report)
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Every year, I try to gather with a group of friends from grad school. We usually do it in Vegas, but I drive so you wouldn’t read about it here. But this time we opted…
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Spirit Partners with Contour to Find New Markets
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Spirit is an airline looking for a network identity. It used to be that Spirit was the ultra low cost carrier (ULCC) with frequent service in large markets. It was the ultimate spill carrier. But…
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Basically, Delta’s New Classic Fare Brands are a Little Extra
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Delta has been teasing that it would have some sort of “Basic Business” unbundled offering for a long time. We expected to see it at the airline’s last investor day, but that didn’t happen. Apparently…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: Delta Gets Pedantic, United Gets Fancy
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Delta Moves the Deck Chairs Around Everything you knew about flying on Delta is changing — except really nothing is changing at all– yet. If you read Delta’s release, you’d see lots of words about…
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First Class Makes a Comeback at American and United But Under a Different Name
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The way that airline cabins are named all seems rather silly to me. After all, what years ago was First, Business, and Economy has now become Business, Premium Economy, and Economy. It’s not all that…
