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Why Do Airlines Make So Many Annoying Schedule Changes?
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Over the last few years, it seems like airline schedule changes have become much more frequent. Now, on most US-based airlines, it’s extremely rare to book a flight and NOT have a schedule change. Why…
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Stop Focusing on How Fares are Displayed, We Have Bigger Problems
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There’s a lot of stupid government regulation when it comes to the airline industry, and for that reason, it’s important to choose your battles. I frankly cannot understand why the airlines continue to push for…
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United is Making Some Network and Scheduling Changes, and Most of Them are Good
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In case you missed it, United posted great financial results for the second quarter of this year. While I find it hard to proclaim that the management team has “clearly turned this carrier around,” as…
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Cranky on the Web (July 28 – August 1)
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Not a Fan of Spirit? These Airlines Have the Fewest Fees – Conde Nast Daily Traveler There are a lot of people who don’t like fees and would rather pay a higher base fare that…
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Topic of the Week: Will Fokker Return?
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If you thought Fokker was long gone, you’d be right. It’s been nearly 20 years since the Dutch aircraft manufacturer folded, but now, there’s rumbling about it coming back. We’re still not there, but there…
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Virgin America Wants to Go Public, But Will People Buy It?
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Since the dawn of time, or, uh, the dawn of Virgin America, the airline has planned to go public. There has always just been one little problem. Virgin America was losing tons and tons of…
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The Curse of Perspective
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On July 4, 1997, I couldn’t believe my luck. It was my first summer as an intern at America West, and this was my first attempt at traveling on my benefits. I, and every other…
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A Day in the Life of Southwest’s Largest Cargo Operation
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I don’t talk about cargo much on the blog, but it is most definitely an integral part of the business. Chances are, on every flight you take, there is some kind of cargo in the…
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Cranky on the Web (July 21 – 25)
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Cranky Analysis: Picking Apart Spirit’s Plan of Attack – PlaneBusiness Banter ($$Subscription Required$$) I dug into Spirit’s performance this time and found that while Spirit does stimulate a market when it enters, it also takes…
