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A Last Minute Pilgrimage to Islay, the Home of Scotland’s Peatiest Whisky (A Cranky Travelogue)
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It’s usually a surprise to people when they hear that I haven’t done a true long-haul trip in a few years. Heck, it’s a surprise to me as well. Most of my travel is domestic,…
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The Noose Tightens at Norwegian as Losses Continue
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Norwegian has long been a master of confusion and spin, but at some point, even the experts can’t put lipstick on that pig. The airline’s first quarter results were pretty gruesome, and it looks like…
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An Infrequent Flier Should Never Be Loyal to an Airline
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I don’t think I’m overstepping by suggesting that airlines have borderline disdain for infrequent fliers. Even though those people are actually critically important to the success of the airline, most carriers have given up on…
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3 Links I Love: American’s Near-Crash, Mexico City Costs Spike, Flower Duets For the Next 100 Years
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This week’s featured link: American Airlines jet “nearly crashed” during takeoff at JFK last week – CBS NewsIn case you missed this, just… wow. That was quite the close call, and I’ll be really curious…
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United’s Livery Change is Barely Worth Mentioning, And That’s How United Wants It
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The day has finally arrived. United has been talking about its livery refresh for some time, and we know what it looks like. I have to say thanks to United for rolling it out yesterday,…
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In Support of JetBlue’s European Decision
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JetBlue has been hemming and hawing about going to Europe for a long time now, but it was only this month that it was made official…ish. JetBlue will go to Europe in a couple of…
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Hawaiian Chooses Its 787 Seats
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Hawaiian has chosen its next generation widebody aircraft three times now. First the A350-800 was scrapped and Hawaiian went with the A330neo. That went away as well, and Hawaiian has now settled on the 787.…
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3 Links I Love: Jet is Another Etihad Failure, Pittsburgh Fight, Mr Awesome’s 727
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This week’s featured link Jet Airways temporarily shuts operations as lenders refuse emergency funds – Times of IndiaI’m going to go ahead and call that headline misleading even if it may technically possibly be true.…
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JetBlue Gives Back 10 Long Beach Slots But It’s Southwest That Might Suffer
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The writing was on the wall when Long Beach changed its slot utilization rules last year. Unless JetBlue ramped up significantly, slots were going to have to be given back to the city. Sure enough,…
