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Air NZ, Cathay Pacific Cuts Highlight the Death of the True Fifth Freedom Flight
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The 1944 Chicago Convention was a landmark agreement that, among other things, pushed the global air travel industry to create a defined set of “freedoms” of the air which would guide what routes airlines from…
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A Deeper Look at United’s CRJ-550 Rollout
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United has been talking about this for some time, but last week the airline finally loaded flights operated by the CRJ-550. Initial markets will focus on Chicago with Newark to follow. From what I can…
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The Case for Copa Defecting to American
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As LATAM prepares to consciously uncouple from American, the discussion has centered around what American can do to shore up its already-solid Latin American network. In the vision I laid out recently, the least controversial…
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Cranky on the Web: Putting My Adventure to Shame, Saving Connections, MAX Return Worries
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Around Hawai‘i and Back: A Pass Traveler’s Journey to Fly Our Entire Neighbor Island Network in One Day – Hawaiian Airlines Mana’oRemember my day flying to all the Hawaiian 717 stations? Well, one Hawaiian employee…
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3 Links I Love: Reading Azul Tea Leaves, Etihad Light, Small Virgins
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This week’s featured link: Azul could join giant Latin America alliance sought by United, Avianca, Copa – TPGIt’s interesting that United would want to bring Azul into its joint venture, because Azul does very little…
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San Francisco Shuffles Its Gate Numbers
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If you flew through San Francisco (SFO) yesterday, you may have noticed things looked a bit different. No, no. It’s not that the planes can actually run on time when there’s a cloud in the…
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Delta to Portland: Big Bins and Great Service (Trip Report)
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Just a couple months after my last trip to Portland, it was time to return. And just like last time, I had a bunch of flight issues before travel. We were actually heading up for…
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United Takes the Lead on Simplifying Elite Qualifying By Focusing on Spend
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One of the knocks on United’s loyalty strategies over the years has been that the airline just takes what Delta does and slaps its own name on the change. When it comes to qualifying for…
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Cranky on the Web: Icelandair Leaves Kansas City
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After Icelandair leaves Kansas City, can KCI land another nonstop flight to Europe? – Kansas City StarThe local paper took a deep look at Icelandair leaving Kansas City and interviewed me along with a ton…
