Categories
Recent Articles
-
JetBlue Gets Hostile With Spirit, Appeals to Shareholders to Fight
–
We always knew this was a possibility. Shortly after Spirit set a shareholder vote on June 10 to approve the Frontier merger, JetBlue has decided it isn’t willing to concede defeat. It has now put…
-
Avianca Adds Breadth to Its Recent Move for Depth with Gol Deal
–
As interesting as the US airline market is these days, it’s hard to beat what’s going on in South America. There seems to be nonstop action, and Avianca is leading the way by doing all…
-
Cranky on the Web: Air Travel in 2022, Buy Now and Pay Later
–
Air Travel in 2022: Best Flights, Fares, Miles, and Seats – WendyPerrin.comWendy Perrin had her annual WOW week and I joined Gary Leff at View from the Wing to talk about air travel trends. How…
-
3 Links I Love: Farewell Allegiant, Gliding in Hawai’i, the Atlas Crash, Throwing Seats Overboard
–
This Week’s Featured Link Maury Gallagher’s Letter to Shareholders – AllegiantI always look forward to Maury’s letter to shareholders, and it’s sad this will be the last. As always, it does not disappoint with some…
-
Southwest Spends $2 Billion To Play Catch-Up on Product
–
Southwest has finally decided it’s time to invest in its onboard product again. Yesterday, the airline announced it would spend more than $2 billion on a whole bunch of different projects. This is long overdue…
-
Counterpoint: Spirit Torches JetBlue Offer
–
Last week, I expressed my confusion at Spirit rejecting JetBlue’s offer, which seemed to be a clearly better outcome for shareholders than the offer from Frontier. At the time, all we knew from Spirit was…
-
A New Cranky Talk is Live – What is the Point of a Travel Agent?
–
Cranky Talk – What is the Point of a Travel Agent? We told you we were going to get to your listener-suggested topics. It just took us a little while to get there. But this…
-
3 Links I Love: Ops are Hard, Porg Party, Viva Avianca, LAX Tower
–
This Week’s Featured Link Travel chaos returns as Alaska Airlines blames … the calendar? – Seattle TimesAnother month, another mess. Will it ever end? Maybe some day…. Image of the Week Two for the Road…
-
Flying The Oakland California Corridor Challenge: SNA-OAK-SNA on JSX and Spirit (Trip Report)
–
And now, it’s time for the final installment of the Oakland California Corridor Challenge. By the time the final day rolled around, I was completely exhausted. That being said, I was really excited for this…
