Recent Articles
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JetBlue Will Save Fuel Shorten Flight Times at JFK Thanks to NextGen
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You always hear people talking about NextGen when it comes to air traffic control. Oooh, sounds fancy, but what the heck is it? It’s a…
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FastJet Has an Uphill Battle to Prove an African Low Cost Carrier Can Work
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When easyJet’s founder started making rumblings about starting FastJet last year, I thought it was crazy. Back then, it was presumed that FastJet would compete…
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Memphis Residents Should be Careful What They Wish For
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You would think that the people of Memphis would be thrilled that they have as much air service as they do. While mid-size city hubs…
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Cranky on the Web (June 11 – 15)
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Mythbusting: What an Airline Means When It Says its Plane Left On Time – Conde Nast Daily Traveler There’s a lot of talk about schedule…
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Topic of the Week: Alaska’s Move on San Diego
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You might have missed this, but Alaska is really making its move on San Diego. It just started using Horizon props to fly from San…
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A Risky Merger for Azul and TRIP in Brazil
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Let’s shift from the Middle East and head down to Brazil, shall we? Big news came across the wires when Azul and TRIP announced they…
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Does Emirates Have an Unfair Labor Advantage?
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Yesterday I addressed the issue of whether or not Emirates is subsidized, but I touched on something much bigger. Let’s assume the airline isn’t subsidized.…
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Emirates Wants Everyone to Know That It Hates Subsidies
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Earlier this year, Emirates put out a scathing report to combat all of the accusations that the airline is subsidized by the Dubai government. The…
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Cranky on the Web (June 2 – 8)
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Talking about Delta’s Basic Economy – Rudy Maxa’s World Rudy had me on his weekly radio to show to talk about Delta’s basic economy fares…
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Bye, Bye, Things in the Sky (Guest Post)
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For those of you who read Dan Webb’s musings about the airline industry at Things in the Sky, you might be wondering where the blog…
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The Last Piece of Midwest Airlines is Passed to Delta
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The long, drawn out, sad saga of Midwest Airlines and its famous cookie has now finally come to a close. Though the airline’s name disappeared…
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I Wouldn’t Expect to See the New Wider Airbus Aisle Seat Anytime Soon
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Airbus brought out a pretty interesting idea recently that would theoretically make it easier for airlines to charge for aisle seats. How so? It would…
