Recent Articles
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United Wants to Grow at LAX, But There’s Not Much Room… For Anyone
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There are two big trends in airlines these days. The first is to start an ill-conceived subsidiary with an annoying single-word name and waste a…
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If This is How US Trade Law Is Supposed to Work, Then I’m Not a Fan
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219.63% If the decision from the Department of Commerce goes final, that’s the amount of the countervailing duty (CVD) that an American-based airline would need…
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China Airlines is Coming to Ontario, and I Don’t Hate This Plan
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After announcing it was evaluating service between Taipei/Taoyuan and Ontario nearly a month ago, China Airlines made it official on Friday in a ceremony at…
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Cranky on the Web: Norwegian’s Fast Start at Stewart
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International budget flights out of Stewart prove popular – Hudson Valley One This story starts out giddy about Norwegian’s July numbers at Stewart Airport north…
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3 Links I Love: Joon Gets Worse, Feds Look at Fees, Southwest Says Seeya 737-300
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This week’s featured link: Joon, the new generation travel experience by Air France – Air France I’ve made it clear how much I dislike Joon,…
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Back From the Big Island on United (Trip Report)
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And now for the conclusion to this Hawaiian adventure. After my low and slow flights over from Moloka’i, I spent a week on the Big…
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Spirit CEO Bob Fornaro on the Benefits of Operational Improvement (Across the Aisle)
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Welcome back to the second half of my interview with Spirit President and CEO Bob Fornaro. (If you missed the first half, here it is.)…
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Spirit CEO Bob Fornaro on Price Competition and Doing What Spirit Does Best (Across the Aisle)
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Spirit’s current President, Bob Fornaro, has seen a lot in this industry. After stints at TWA and Northwest, he spent much of the 1990s at…
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Thank You for Coming to Dorkfest 2017
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That was one great Dorkfest at LAX yesterday. Thank you to everyone who came out, ate In-N-Out burgers, and watched airplanes. It was definitely the…
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3 Links I Love: Dorkfest is Tomorrow, Slamming Boeing, The End of Avatar
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This week’s featured link: Featured Map for 22 September 2017: Cranky Flier’s Dorkfest 2017 – Great Circle Mapper The day is here! Tomorrow is Dorkfest,…
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Norwegian Connects Passengers To easyJet While Ryanair Backs Away
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I’ve written a bit about low cost carriers trying to find a way to juice revenues through connecting passengers. Ryanair has started selling connections on…
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Low and Slow From Moloka’i to Waimea On Mokulele (Trip Report)
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I’ve been back from Hawai’i for well over a month, but I’m only now getting around to writing up the rest of the trip. There’s…
