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Spirit Finally Starts Climbing Its Way Out of the Doom Spiral
Operational disruptions happen all the time, but an operational disruption like the one Spirit has been experiencing? That is much rarer event. The last time I can remember something like this happening was the JetBlue Valentine’s Day Massacre in 2007.…
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3 Links I Love: Ed Takes Action, Breeze’s Operation Suffers, More Avelo Flying
This Week’s Featured Link We know you expect more – we’re taking action: Your update from Ed – Delta News HubThis makes no sense to me. Basically, Ed is saying that Delta is having trouble getting its act together when…
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As Summer Ramps Up, Airline Operations Struggle Across the Board
It has been plastered all over the news. Flights are being canceled, schedules are being pulled back… you’d think the entire airline industry was falling off a cliff. That’s not the case, but what is true is that things are…
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3 Links I Love: JetBlue’s New Coach, Delta’s Cancels, Rear-Engine Jets
This week’s featured link JetBlue Reveals Plans to Reinvent What It’s Like to Fly in ‘Coach’ Across the Atlantic – JetBlue NewsJetBlue is starting to trickle out more details of its Transatlantic plan, and while the spin is thick —…
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A Closer Look at Delta’s Thanksgiving Meltdown
I realize Thanksgiving is a distant memory at this point, but I keep finding myself thinking back toward that weekend and Delta’s huge number of cancellations that plagued holiday travelers. With capacity down so much, operational disruption hasn’t been much…
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Airline Operations Stabilize as Schedules Become More Reliable
Running an operation at a time when schedules are changing frequently and close to departure is not for the faint of heart. Things get even more complicated when airlines purposefully decide to cancel at the last minute for commercial reasons,…
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Looking Beyond the Big Four’s July Schedule
Much of my analysis on schedules so far has focused on the Big 4 — American, Delta, Southwest, and United — but there is a whole world beyond them that I’ve been ignoring. It’s time to fix that. I sat…
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Flight Schedules Only Tell Part of the Story
I’ve spent a lot of time looking at flight schedules here over the past month or so, and it does tell a rather interesting story about how individual airlines have approached the plunge in demand due to the pandemic. But…
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Corrected: Shining the Spotlight on October’s Operational Problem Children
My apologies, but I somehow mixed up the A14 numbers for Southwest, Frontier, and United. This has been corrected, and I have updated the post to reflect the correct data. Ah, October. Fall has arrived, thunderstorms have diminished, and the…
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Unions Slapped for Not Obeying Temporary Restraining Order Granted to American
The fight between American and the TWU/IAM unions representing mechanics and fleet service workers continues to get worse. Though American was able to obtain a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the mechanics from slowing down the airline, statistics show that…
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American Has a Bad June, But United Wasn’t Much Better
Once June ended, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on full month performance data to see just how bad the month was for American. It would have been bad enough if American simply had to contend with the MAX…
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Decent January On-Time Performance for the Big Five Marred by High Cancellation Rate
As the Midwest continues to be crushed by the polar vortex, I found myself wondering just how operations have run this year. There have been several bad weather events that have snarled operations, so I was expecting it to be…