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Herb Kelleher Has Left the Building
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I very rarely write obituaries when someone in the industry dies, and for Herb Kelleher, founder and long-time president of Southwest Airlines… I won’t make an exception. That’s not because I don’t want to wax…
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There Has to Be a Better Way to Handle Operational Disruption
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I look forward to the week between Christmas and New Years being nice and quiet… but that didn’t happen this year. Why not? Well, a series of nasty storms rolled through the middle of the…
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2018 Flying Summary
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I said I was going to leave North America in 2018, but that didn’t happen. For a variety of reasons (many work-related), I had to scrap trips that I had planned. In the end, I…
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Reviewing Your 2018 Predictions and Making Your 2019 Picks
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It’s the end of the year, and you know what that means. It’s time to look back at your predictions for 2018 as well as make you picks for what you think will happen in…
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Airlines We Lost 2018
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As we wind toward the end of the year, it is time to take a look back on what we’ve lost in 2018. Dozens of airlines failed this year, and that’s not a surprise. Not…
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Cranky on the Web: Anger at Preferred Seating Fees
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Skyrocketing seat selection fees enrage flyers, enrich airlines – USA TodayI was interviewed for this article about seat fees, and as I’ve written before, I strongly dislike them.
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3 Links I Love: Air Italy Throws Money Away, Moxy Hires, OneJet Is DoneJet
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This week’s featured link: Air Italy flights to Chicago risk rekindling row with U.S. carriers – ReutersAir Italy has been announcing a ton of new service to the US recently with flights from Milan to…
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There is a Reason United’s Purchase of ExpressJet is So Complicated
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The news started rolling in on Tuesday. United would be purchasing regional-operator ExpressJet from its current parent company SkyWest, but this is no ordinary purchase. It’s a very complex transaction that has United only acquiring…
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Delta’s New Boarding Process Makes It Seem Like The Airline Has Nothing Better To Do
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Sometimes it just feels like Delta has run out of important things to spend time working on. Last week’s announcement of a change in the way boarding will be done starting January 23 seems like…
