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A Brief History: American Still Has No Joint Contract With Its Mechanics and Rampers After Five Years
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The rhetoric has ramped up dramatically, and the lengthy contract negotiation between American and both its mechanics and fleet service workers (aka rampers) has now spilled over into the public eye. American has sued for…
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3 Links I Love: Boeing’s Fall Continues, A Big JetBlue Loss, Hawaiian Fights LAX
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This week’s featured link: Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions Into 737 Max, Blind to a Late Design Change – The New York TimesWhat a painful article to read. It paints the picture of a company that…
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American and Qantas Get Tentative Joint Venture Approval… With Conditions
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American finally received some good news this week. After getting rejected once, the airline received tentative approval from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to put together its joint venture with Qantas. This is welcome…
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Transport Potpourri: A Ferry, Bus, and Train from Islay to London (A Cranky Travelogue)
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After finishing up tasting at Caol Ila, it was time to begin the long journey home via ferry, bus, train, subway, and finally airplane. I had a momentary sense of dread when I realized that…
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Across the Aisle From TAP CEO Antonoaldo Neves
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This summer, TAP Air Portugal continues its rapid expansion by adding three new destinations in the US: Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington/Dulles. The airline now has 100 aircraft, double where it was only about a…
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Cranky on the Web: Via Goes Down
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BHM confident in airport traffic growth despite losing Via Airlines – Birmingham Business JournalI realize this is behind a paywall that many of you won’t be able to access, but it gives me the opportunity…
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3 Links I Love: Mitsubishi Targets the US, A Successful A380, Iceland’s Wow Pain
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This week’s featured link: Mitsubishi to turn MRJ into cheaper, smaller ‘Space Jet’ – Nikkei Asian ReviewIt is going to be really interesting to watch what happens in the regional jet space in the US.…
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Who the F*&@ is Ernest?
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Someone first mentioned the Italian airline Ernest to me many months ago, and my initial response was… say what? I sat on this, expecting the airline to just quietly disappear. But nay. It has grown,…
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United Bets On TACA As Avianca Flounders
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There has been quite the mess unfolding down in Latin America. South America’s second largest airline has been falling apart, and United is stuck right in the middle. To fix this mess, United is going…
