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  • Operations

    Airplane on a Treadmill

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    Dec 15, 2006

    I can’t believe that this has actually turned into such a huge thing. The question of the month appears to be this. If you put an airplane on a treadmill and get it going really…

  • Government Regulation, Mergers/Finance

    Rep Oberstar Against Mergers

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    Dec 15, 2006

    It sounds like some bad news is on the horizon for all the potential airline mergers out there. Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN) has publicly come out against all major airline mergers. Normally, that wouldn’t matter,…

  • JetBlue, Seats

    JetBlue Pulls Out More Seats

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    Dec 14, 2006

    Some of the JetBlue veterans may remember the dreaded row 27 from a few years ago. On the A320s, row 27 was the very last row. It was right in front of the lavs, it…

  • Alitalia, Labor Relations, Worst Airline Ever

    Alitalia Strikes Again

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    Dec 14, 2006

    You’d think I’d be over this whole “Alitalia sucks” thing by now, but I just can’t get beyond it. It’s been at least a few weeks since Alitalia’s last strike, so you knew that it…

  • Airplane Porn, US Airways

    Airplane Porn: New Cardinals Colors

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    Dec 14, 2006

    Thanks to the excellent Phoenix spotting site visitingphx.com, we have some early images of US Airways’ new Arizona Cardinals plane. The one on the left is 757-200 (ship N908AW) in the old America West colors…

  • AirTran, Continental, Delta, Mergers/Finance, Midwest Airlines, United, US Airways

    Unrequited Airline Love

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    Dec 13, 2006

    Of course all of this news would just happen to drop on a very busy day. I’ve been wanting to write about it all morning, but I’m just getting some time now. So, what news,…

  • Austrian, Schedule Changes

    Now You Can Go to Iraq for Fun!

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    Dec 12, 2006

    Having trouble finding a reliable way to get to Iraq these days? Well, fret no more. Austrian Airlines is here to help. Yesterday (December 11) marked the beginning of Austrian’s twice weekly service between Vienna…

  • Southwest

    Fun with Web Analytics – How Much Does Massachusetts Love Southwest?

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    Dec 11, 2006

    I’m sure by now most people realize that there are plenty of firms who care about the websites you visit. Some companies, like Compete, have made a business of it. There’s some pretty cool info…

  • Elysair, Eos, L’avion, MAXjet, Silverjet

    L’Avion – What Are You Smoking?

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    Dec 11, 2006

    First we had eos and MAXjet, then Silverjet was announced, and now we have the oh so simply named: L’Avion (which means “The Airplane” in French), is going to begin daily all business-class flights between…

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