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American Tests Markets in Basic Economy Rollout While United Focuses on Fare Levels
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A funny thing happened on Tuesday when both American and United officially filed their first Basic Economy fares in the market. (If you aren’t familiar with Basic Economy, read this.) I had been waiting for…
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Spirit is Fulfilling Its Promise to Run a Better Operation
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If you’ve flown Spirit lately, you may have noticed something surprising: the airline is running a better operation than it has in years. It looks like it’s living up to the promise its new CEO…
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Cranky on the Web: Screens in Airplane Seats
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Monday is a holiday, so no post for me. I’ll be back Tuesday. Airlines Phasing Out Screens Because You Are All on Your Devices – New York Times I had a wide-ranging conversation with the…
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3 Links I Love: Another Defection From American to United, Frontier Trying to Fix Things, United’s New 777-300ER
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This week’s featured link: Yet Another American Airlines Executive Leaves for United – Airways Word starting leaking out quickly on Wednesday. Andrew Nocella, former Chief Marketing Officer at American and long-time friend and colleague of…
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Southwest’s Schedule Will Start Varying More Each Day of the Week
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If you call in to Southwest’s reservations line today, you’ll get a message telling you that if you’re traveling before May 9, press 1. If you’re traveling on or after May 9, press 2. That…
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International Travel Demand to the US Should Be an Enormous Concern
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With so much uncertainty surrounding travel and visa policies for people coming to the US, demand has unsurprisingly started to drop. If I’m a US-based airline, this is one of the most concerning potential issues…
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The Asian ULCC Invasion of the US Begins
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There have been many attempts at low cost carrier flying over the Atlantic over the decades, but the Pacific has never seen quite the same level of interest. Part of it is certainly because of…
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Cranky on the Web: Getting the Best Flight Experience
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How to Get the Best Business Class or Premium Economy Flight Experience – WendyPerrin.com You might remember when I was in Cancun a month ago, I was there with Wendy Perrin and her WOW List…
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3 Links I Love: How Yesterday’s Trump Meeting Went, Island Air the Accordion, Eastern Crash Remains a Mystery
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This week’s featured link: Subject: Pool report #1 airline meeting – Public Pool Wondering what happened in the Trump/Airline CEO meeting yesterday? Well, the White House press pool was there for the beginnin and this…
