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Flying to US Airways Media Day 2010 (Trip Report)
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I know I’ve already given you most of the info from the US Airways media day and the Phoenix Symposium, but I never got around to posting the trip report. Unlike in previous years, I…
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Five Airline CEOs on Competing and Cooperating with Low Cost Carriers
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I’m back with part two of the Phoenix Aviation Symposium airline CEO panel. In part one, the CEOs talked about consolidation. In this post, they talk about competing and cooperating with low cost carriers. On…
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FAA Receives Tentative Order for Cranky Jackass Award After US Airways/Delta Slot Swap Ruling
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The final order has been released from the FAA and, in short, the tentative order stands. The FAA is requiring that Delta divest 14 slot pairs at Washington/National and US Airways divest 20 slot pairs…
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Continental and United Finally Announce Merger, Absolutely Nobody is Surprised
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The Continental and United merger has finally been announced, and well, there are certainly more questions than answers at this point. I decided to wait until the official announcement came out, hoping that there would…
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Five Airline CEOs Talk About Consolidation
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I know, I know. You want to hear all about the Continental/United merger right? Well, I’m not writing about it until it’s officially announced even though that may happen by the time I wake up…
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Cranky on the Web (April 26 – 30)
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Virgin America Earnings: Still Losing Money, But Less than Before – BNET Fourth quarter earnings are out, and Virgin America . . . well, still lost money. Buy hey, things are better. Volcanic Surprise: Icelandair…
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Notes from US Airways Media Day
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I’m still here in Phoenix after finishing up the first day of the Phoenix Aviation Symposium, so I thought this would be a good time to dump all the remaining bits and pieces of interest…
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US Airways Gives a Unique Perspective on the Three Hour Delay Rule
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Yesterday was US Airways media day, and I made my way to Phoenix to attend. As usual, it was a good day but there wasn’t any big news to announce. (I think they were hoping…
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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…
