Recent Articles
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Airlines Should Refund Bag Fees If Your Bags Don’t Arrive With You
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Uh oh. It looks like the DOT has found something else they don’t like about airlines with which they want to get involved. This time,…
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Cranky on the Web (April 11-15)
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In-flight entertainment following the times – CNN Out of the Office I remain convinced that one of these days, inflight entertainment will simply be internet…
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Topic of the Week: JetBlue Goes Intra-Caribbean
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Remember that post about how Spirit should move into the intra-Caribbean market? Looks like JetBlue is going to beat Spirit to the punch. JetBlue already…
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Touring San Francisco’s New Terminal 2
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San Francisco opens (or shall I say, reopens) Terminal 2 with Virgin America and American as residents today. I was able to get a sneak…
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Aer Lingus Wants to be a Provider of Seats, Let Others Do the Rest
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As usual, there was great discussion at the Phoenix Aviation Symposium last week, but one in particular grabbed me. Steven Kavanagh, Chief Commercial Officer for…
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US Airways is Open to Mergers, But Nothing is Happening Soon
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I spent last week at two of my favorite events – US Airways Media Day and the Phoenix Aviation Symposium. As usual, one or two…
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Cranky on the Web (April 4 – 8)
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10 Signs You Should Take a Break From Traveling – Intuit Small Business Blog A fun look at the ten signs you’ve been traveling too…
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Topic of the Week: Air France Wreckage Found
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It looks like search teams have found most of the wreckage from the Air France flight that went down off the coast of Brazil back…
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Southwest, 737s, and Holes: What Happened and What Now?
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I’m sure a lot of you have been wondering why I haven’t written about the Southwest 737 that had a big hole open up inflight…
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Follow Me on Twitter for US Airways Media Day Updates
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Today is US Airways media day and I will be there. I understand there is going to be at least one announcement with good news…
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American and Expedia Make Up as the Reservation System Model Crumbles
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This hasn’t received a lot of attention amidst all the holes in airplanes and smoke in cockpits, but there was a huge development in American’s…
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US Airways Lowers Fares in Rochester to See if It Can Make More Money, Build Political Capital
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When I did airline pricing at America West a decade ago, I found that just about everyone I met thought they could do a better…
