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Frontier to Put Internet on Embraer 170 and 190 Aircraft
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Ok, so Frontier and Midwest are uniting under the Frontier name, and now they’re trying to standardize the brand and offerings. So what do they do? They go out and decide to purposefully create a…
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Tales From the Volcano
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Now that European airports are open and (as far as I know), no planes have fallen out of the sky, it’s time to look back on the aftermath of the Icelandic volcano. We worked on…
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JFK’s Virtual Slots Help Reduce Lengthy Ground Delays
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One of the biggest complaints that I see when we start talking about long ground delays here on the blog is that nobody seems to have a good solution. We can all jump on bad…
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Cranky on the Web (April 19 – 23)
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Ash Wednesday: Icelandic Volcano Impact on Airlines Worse Than 9/11 – BNET You all know how ugly it’s been in Europe with the volcano, and now they’re saying the initial impact is worse than 9/11.…
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Alaska Switches Up Bag Fees, Some Good and Some Bad News
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Whenever I see discussion of an airline simplifying fees, it usually means that they’re jacking them up. Alaska, well, ok, so they are jacking up the first bag fee, but they really are simplifying as…
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Travel Tools I Love: KVS Tool
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I’ve decided that it’s time to start a new series here on the blog called Travel Tools I Love. Hopefully these tools are something that readers can benefit from using. With the volcano making finding…
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Why Toronto is a Bad Idea (for Virgin America)
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It’s apparently Canada week here on the blog since this is my second post about that frozen country up north. This time, it’s about Virgin America’s entry into Toronto. They announced they wanted to go…
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European Airlines Enter Third Stage of Grief In Trying to Cope with Volcano
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Poor European airline execs. They’ve suffered a great (revenue) loss and now they’re trying to cope with the pain. It looks like they’ve made it to the third stage out of five when it comes…
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Southwest Walks Away From WestJet, Now What?
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In a move that surprised nobody, Southwest told WestJet to take a hike last week after their relationship fell on hard times. It looks like Volaris will now be Southwest’s first modern codeshare partner while…
