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Delta’s Reason For Killing Its Interline Agreement With American Makes No Sense
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American and Delta have announced that they’ll be ending their interline agreement on September 14. I immediately assumed this was Delta’s doing, and sure enough, it is… sort of. Delta has decided to raise rates…
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Thanks for Coming to Cranky Dorkfest
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Thanks to everyone who came to Cranky Dorkfest at the In ‘n Out at LAX yesterday. It was a great gathering of probably about 40 people in total, if not a few more than that.…
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Today is Cranky Dorkfest
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If you live in LA and are looking for something to do today, I’ve got a plan for you. (If you work for an airline, check the loads and find an empty seat to LAX…
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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died 14 Years Ago Today
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On the day before Cranky Dorkfest, I usually dedicate my post to the event. But today is no ordinary day, and there is something far more important to discuss. As I’ve done for the last…
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With Smisek Forced Out, United’s New CEO Oscar Munoz Has a Unique Opportunity
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I didn’t expect it to happen like this. Over the last few years, people have called for now-former United President, Chairman, and CEO Jeff Smisek’s head for a variety of reasons. There have been merger…
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Republic May Have the Strangest Bankruptcy Filing Ever
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Have you ever heard of a company filing for bankruptcy protection so that it can increase its costs? I’m going to guess not. Yet that’s what Republic appears to be saying may happen. As its…
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My Speech About the State of the US Airline Industry
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Today is a holiday here in the US, so I normally wouldn’t post, but this seemed like a good opportunity to put up a video of a speech I gave recently. The Destination Marketing Association…
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Topic of the Week: How Important Should Operational Performance Be for Spirit?
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At the Boyd conference this week, Spirit gave a long presentation about its efforts to educate people about its unbundled strategy and why it’s good. I buy that, but other than a bullet point talking…
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Across the Aisle From Virgin America’s CEO on His Plan to Force Legacy Carriers to Let Him Use Their Feeder Networks
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I was at the International Aviation Forecast Summit (more commonly called the Boyd conference) earlier this week and had the chance to sit down with several airline execs. One that I hadn’t planned at all…
