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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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A Look at LAX’s Plans for Terminal 9 and Concourse 0
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It’s been discussed for ages, but now the plans are real. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) will (eventually) build a bunch more gates in Concourse…
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When the MAX Was Grounded, American’s Scheduling Team Had a Big Problem to Solve
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On March 13, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) relented and made the decision to ground all 737 MAX aircraft flying in the US. As the…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest and Its MAX Problems
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The 737 Max is out until August, so how will Southwest Airlines handle it? – Dallas Morning NewsMitchell Schnurman dove into a variety of Southwest’s…
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3 Links I Love: Blue Country, China Airlines in Ontario, and More
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Sun Country’s Jude Bricker on the carrier’s makeover – Travel WeeklyQuote of the interview: “I would say our business is going to be more analogous…