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It’s Time for Southwest’s $4 Billion Plan to Sink or Swim
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Southwest revealed the full details of its plan — called Southwest. Even Better. — to fix itself at investor day last week. Despite the lame name, it does seem like a thoughtful and feasible plan.…
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Cranky on the Web: Alaska/Hawaiian Getting Together, Southwest’s Struggles
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With Alaska’s acquisition complete, Hawaiian Airlines’ outlook brightens – Travel WeeklyThis one was actually from last week, but it’s another look at the Alaska and Hawaiian merger. Southwest Air’s lackluster profit fuels pressure to revamp…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Southwest Gets Better, All Aboard SkyTeam’s Newest Partner
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Southwest. Even Better. They Pinky Swear. Southwest Airlines unveiled its $4 billion plan to transform the airline at its Investor Day event Thursday in Dallas. The headlines included some things we already knew — the…
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A Look Ahead at the Alaska and Hawaiian Merger
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Greetings from Dallas. Today is Southwest’s investor day, and I have made the trek to join analysts and media to hear what the airline is planning to right the ship. No matter what it is,…
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United’s Oldest 777s Provide a Good if Not Distinctively Hawaiian Ride to Honolulu (Trip Report)
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Back in May, I had a boys trip planned to go hiking on Molokai, and then Mother Nature had other plans. An abnormally wet storm moved through and made it questionable whether we’d be able…
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SAS Starts to Adapt to Its New French (and Dutch) Overlords
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It’s been a big year for Scandinavian Airlines System, better known as SAS. The airline has long struggled with poor labor relations, high costs, conflicting priorities between its three state owners (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden),…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Alaska Says Aloha, JetBlue Goes Loungin’
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Alaska Finalizes Hawaiian Merger Better late than never — the DOT approved the merger of Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines this week, paving the way to complete the joining of the two carriers while they will…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Finalize the Merger After Agreeing to Largely Hollow DOT Conditions
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After the US Department of Justice (DOJ) decided to let the Alaska/Hawaiian merger review period pass without saying a word, it seemed like the merger was a done deal. But then, something curious happened. The…
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One Perfect Day in Friedrichschafen: Zeppelin Museum and Flight Plus the Dornier Museum
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The Rhine River takes a long and lazy trip through Europe from its beginnings in the Swiss Alps. The Alpine Rhine descends from the mountains through a valley to the north, forming the border between…
