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Alaska Rolls Into Burbank From San Francisco Now That Southwest is Gone
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When Alaska bought Virgin America, it was all about growing its presence in California, and part of that strategy was growth in intra-California flying. The king of intracal, Southwest, has been pretty clear it wasn’t…
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United Sees Multiple Banks as a Key To Its Pacific Strategy
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Ever since Pan Am announced plans to sell its Pacific routes to United in 1985, United has been the one to beat in the Pacific. Over the years, the strategy has evolved, and now United…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: United Grows in Asia, American and United are Rolling in Cash, and More
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United No Longer as Vanilla as it Adds Service to Manila United Airlines announced an expansion from the west coast to Asia including becoming the only U.S. airline to fly to Manila from the mainland…
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26 Miles Across the Sea by Helicopter to Catalina (Trip Report)
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My daughter wasn’t the only one to get a “Dad Adventure” this summer. My son opted to go visit Catalina Island which is a mere, as the song goes, 26 miles across the sea. I’m…
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Norwegian Buys Widerøe, A Very Different Kind of Airline
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As far as mergers go, it’s a seemingly strange one. Low-cost operator Norwegian has announced it will buy Norway’s regional airline, Widerøe. The two airlines make quite the odd couple, though there is some rationale…
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A Proposal to Crush Rewards Credit Cards… and Airlines… is Introduced
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If you’ve passed anyone recently who looked sickly and was breathing into a paper bag, there’s a good chance it was a points-and-miles blogger. After all, Sens Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS)…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta Gets Rich, Northern Pacific Gets Started, More
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Delta Sets Record Earnings Delta Air Lines’s Q2 earnings report showed record high revenue and profit, led by a 22% drop in fuel costs and a major increase in customers willing to pay higher fares…
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Landline Overcomes Its Biggest Hurdle on American Flights
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From an air service perspective, small cities are screwed. To keep them connected to the rest of the network, we need to do something different. Landline has been working on that premise for a few…
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Annoying Delays and Other Fun on United Express to Monterey (Trip Report)
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I try to do a “Dad Adventure” with each of my kids every year. The last one I wrote up here was two years ago when I let them pick from the then-brand new Avelo’s…
