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Cranky Flier Podcast #3: Why the Concert Ticket Model Won’t Work for Most Airlines
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It’s week three of the podcast. If you’re enjoying it, then great. If you’re not, well, I don’t even get the last pin removed from my broken finger until next week. I’m not sure how…
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Delta Introduces Premium Economy to Replace Comfort+ on Certain Aircraft
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Nearly a year ago, American announced that it would launch a true premium economy product on international aircraft. This was surprising for one reason: Delta hadn’t done it first. Last week Delta announced its own…
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3 Links I Love: Allegiant’s Safety Problems, Young Airline Love, Pulling for Clinton
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This week’s featured link: Breakdown at 30,000 Feet – Tampa Bay Times Kudos to the folks at the Tampa Bay Times for putting forth a great investigative effort on Allegiant’s mechanical diversions. The numbers are…
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British Airways Targets Norwegian with New Transatlantic Flights
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It’s a Europe-kind of week here on the blog, and today we’re talking about British Airways. (This post almost didn’t get finished since the fantastic World Series game 7 kept me glued to the TV…
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Cranky Flier Podcast #2: Trouble in the Transatlantic Market
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You might notice the header looks a little different today. For the month of November, travel metasearch site liligo.com is sponsoring the blog. Help me thank liligo for its support by clicking through and trying…
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I’m Struggling to Understand JetBlue’s Investment in JetSuite
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Maybe I just need to take some LSD to become more of a visionary, but I don’t get it. I’m struggling to understand why JetBlue’s purchase of a stake in JetSuite is being hailed as…
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3 Links I Love: Airline Dorks, Santa Barbara Struggles, JetBlue Marketing Win
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This week’s featured link: Eyes Aloft – The Sublime Obsession of Plane Spotting – VQR This is good long look at the airline dorks of the world. You know, AvGeeks, spotters, enthusiasts, etc. I always…
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Heathrow’s New Runway is Sort Of, Kind Of Approved
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If you think airport projects move slowly here in the US, just take a look at the UK. This week the semi-go-ahead was finally given to a new third runway at Heathrow. This has been…
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Cranky Flier Podcast #1: Across the Aisle From OneJet CEO Matt Maguire
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When I asked last week, many of you really liked the idea of a podcast. So here it is. This one went longer than planned (17m50s) because I repurposed an interview I was planning to…
