Recent Articles
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Continental and United Finally Announce Merger, Absolutely Nobody is Surprised
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The Continental and United merger has finally been announced, and well, there are certainly more questions than answers at this point. I decided to wait…
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Five Airline CEOs Talk About Consolidation
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I know, I know. You want to hear all about the Continental/United merger right? Well, I’m not writing about it until it’s officially announced even…
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Cranky on the Web (April 26 – 30)
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Virgin America Earnings: Still Losing Money, But Less than Before – BNET Fourth quarter earnings are out, and Virgin America . . . well, still…
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Notes from US Airways Media Day
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I’m still here in Phoenix after finishing up the first day of the Phoenix Aviation Symposium, so I thought this would be a good time…
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US Airways Gives a Unique Perspective on the Three Hour Delay Rule
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Yesterday was US Airways media day, and I made my way to Phoenix to attend. As usual, it was a good day but there wasn’t…
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Frontier to Put Internet on Embraer 170 and 190 Aircraft
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Ok, so Frontier and Midwest are uniting under the Frontier name, and now they’re trying to standardize the brand and offerings. So what do they…
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Tales From the Volcano
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Now that European airports are open and (as far as I know), no planes have fallen out of the sky, it’s time to look back…
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JFK’s Virtual Slots Help Reduce Lengthy Ground Delays
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One of the biggest complaints that I see when we start talking about long ground delays here on the blog is that nobody seems to…
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Cranky on the Web (April 19 – 23)
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Ash Wednesday: Icelandic Volcano Impact on Airlines Worse Than 9/11 – BNET You all know how ugly it’s been in Europe with the volcano, and…
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Alaska Switches Up Bag Fees, Some Good and Some Bad News
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Whenever I see discussion of an airline simplifying fees, it usually means that they’re jacking them up. Alaska, well, ok, so they are jacking up…
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Travel Tools I Love: KVS Tool
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I’ve decided that it’s time to start a new series here on the blog called Travel Tools I Love. Hopefully these tools are something that…
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Why Toronto is a Bad Idea (for Virgin America)
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It’s apparently Canada week here on the blog since this is my second post about that frozen country up north. This time, it’s about Virgin…
