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3 Links I Love: Air Berlin Restructures, American’s CIO, So Long Vin
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Far-reaching restructuring of airberlin to deliver long-term growth – Air Berlin The long-rumored restructuring is here. Air Berlin, long shredding money, is going to remake…
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How Can Norwegian Fly Charters Between the US and Mexico? (Ask Cranky)
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Back in July, Norwegian announced that it would start doing charter flying for Apple Vacations and Funjet Vacations this winter. That may not sound all…
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United’s Network Planning Chief Tells Me Whether Los Angeles is Still a Hub (Across the Aisle)
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Update 9/27 at 412p PT: In a true coincidence, I’m told that Brian is no longer with United as of today. In August, I proclaimed…
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JetBlue’s Interest in Europe is No Surprise
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Take a look at this route map, via Great Circle Mapper (he’s also made this the featured map for today): If you were going to…
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Cranky on the Web: Loyalty and American, Emirates Seat Fee
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Loyalty only goes so far as American Airlines, others revamp rewards programs – Dallas Morning News This was a broader look at changes in frequent…
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3 Links I Love: Low Cost Canada, Virgin No Votes, Marketing United
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This week’s featured link: Can These New Airlines Bring Canada’s Sky-High Fares Back to Earth? – Bloomberg And the answer is, yes. It’s easy to…
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A New JetBlue Route and Finishing the Companion Pass Run (Trip Report)
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For the 2nd year in a row, I attended the Boyd Conference. This year, however, it was up at Lake Tahoe, and that meant flying…
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Delta Wants to Grow in Boston But This Isn’t Going to Look Like Seattle
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With Delta’s recent ramp-up in Boston, there are rumors that the airline wants to do there what it’s already done in Seattle: build-up a big…
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PSA and Another American Regional Boost Pay to Combat the Expected Pilot Shortage
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It looks like the regional airline fight to hire enough pilots continues. Two of American’s wholly-owned regionals, Envoy and PSA, have announced they’re boosting starting…
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Dorkfest is Today
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The day has finally arrived. It’s Dorkfest! Now get on over to LAX, stat. As we do every September, we’ll gather at the park across…
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3 Links I Love: Middle East 5th Freedoms, Expanding Blocks, Plane Names
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This week’s featured link: American CEO Says Mideast Carriers Should End Europe-U.S. Flights – TheStreet American CEO Doug Parker finally gets to the crux of…
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Know Your Fare Rules, Because The Airlines Don’t (Tales from the Field)
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When you buy a ticket, it’s not always easy to find out all the fare rules that apply, but it’s really important you do. We…
