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easyJet Makes Its Move on Berlin
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When airberlin finally went under, there was a great deal of concern that Lufthansa would pick up all the pieces and leave Germany without any serious competition. Fear not, competition-lovers. The good people of easyJet…
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Delta’s Empire-Building Continues With a WestJet Joint Venture
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Delta continued its efforts to take over the world last week with the announcement of its anticipated joint venture with Canada’s WestJet. For Delta, this is just another piece of the puzzle. It has spend…
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3 Links I Love: Berlin’s Terrible Airport Problem, Alitalia Fiddles While Rome Burns, Skytrax Shenanigans
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This week’s featured link: The ongoing saga of Berlin’s unfinished airport – CNN Travel I’ve been watching with disbelief as the normally-efficient Germans find themselves completely incapable of opening the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport. I…
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The Best Part About the New Emirates First Class Is Its Virtual Windows
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I don’t know about you, but when I saw the new Emirates First Class product, I gasped. No, no. I’m not talking about the fully-enclosed suite or the fancy bed or anything like that (though,…
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American’s Rationale For Expanding Basic Economy to Mexico and the Caribbean Sounds Like Garbage, But It’s Probably Not
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Though American and United both began rolling out Basic Economy fares around the same time, United rushed it and made mistakes. American, however, has been more cautious, only introducing it slowly throughout most of the…
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LEVEL Goes Up, OpenSkies Goes Down
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I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s something poignant about IAG’s decision to shut down its OpenSkies subsidiary and expand LEVEL to fill the void. (IAG, remember, is also the parent company…
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Cranky on the Web: American’s Overblown Pilot Problem, Holiday Travel Deals
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American Airlines updates worried travelers after glitch left thousands of holiday flights without pilots – Dallas Morning News (Paywall) When there’s a hard paywall like on this site, I don’t usually post the link, but…
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3 Links I Love: Retirement of a Salesman, Interviews with KLM and Southwest CEOs
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This week’s featured link: Leahy reflects on 33 years at Airbus – Leeham News For those who don’t know, one of the greatest salespeople the aircraft industry has ever seen is riding off into the…
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WestJet Just Keeps Adding Complexity, And Somehow It Works
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In general, complexity is the enemy of any good low-cost airline. Sure, by nature, legacy carriers have complexity in spades, and that’s why low-cost carriers try to avoid it; they can get a big cost…
