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Air Italy’s Strangely Fickle Network Strategy
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Since it’s a holiday here in the US, I thought I’d post something from abroad since I have a backlog of posts. And what market…
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Buy Your Raffle Tickets Now for Cranky Dorkfest DFW
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We are now just one week away from Cranky Dorkfest at DFW and things are shaping up quite nicely. I’ve set up a page with…
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Cranky on the Web: The 747 at 50, More on the CRJ550, Suing Over Hidden City Ticketing
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50 Years On, Boeing’s 747 Is Fighting for Survival – Popular MechanicsI was asked to comment for a piece on the 50th anniversary of the 747.…
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3 Links I Love: Air France Exec Turmoil, Regional Madness Since 1990, KLM Starts to Say Goodbye to the 747
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This week’s featured link: Air France-KLM Said to Weigh Changing Dutch Head for New Era – BloombergThis is a sad by-product of Air France finally…
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As American Shrinks at JFK’s Terminal 8, British Airways Moves In to Fill the Void
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When American finished building its opulent Terminal 8 complex at New York’s JFK Airport in 2007, there were already plans to expand. What the airline…
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Southern Airways Express Buys Mokulele, Forming the Largest US Commuter Carrier
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Though it may not fit your definition of a blockbuster merger, the announcement that will be coming out in just a few minutes that Southern…
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Delta’s Brand Reaps the Benefits of the A220s Customer-Friendly Experience
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Often when an airline rolls out a new aircraft type, it’s done with great fanfare. It’s not every day that a new airplane gets inducted…
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Location and First Sponsors Announced for Cranky Dorkfest DFW
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We are just over two weeks away from Cranky Dorkfest DFW, and the details are shaping up nicely. We now have our location and, in…
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3 Links I Love: The Lion Air Crash, An A220 Mini-Series, WOW’s Plan
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This week’s featured link: Behind the Lion Air Crash, a Trail of Decisions Kept Pilots in the Dark – The New York TimesThis accident has fascinated me since…
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United’s Clever Move to Be Competitive While Obeying Scope with the CRJ550
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United put out a press release yesterday touting a big increase in the number of premium seats onboard its aircraft. Some of this (like adding…
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Flying to Dallas to Honor Herb (Trip Report)
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I already wrote up my impressions of Southwest founder Herb Kelleher’s “Celebration of Life,” but I still haven’t written up my flights out to Dallas…
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Norwegian Gets Religion On the Eve Of Releasing 2018 Earnings, Tries to Right the Ship Before Its Too Late
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I’ve written about Norwegian’s aggressive over-expansion many times. The theme each time has been that it is simply not building something sustainable. Through a complicated…
