Recent Articles
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December Comes Into Focus and the Race for Leisure Travel Continues
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It seems like only yesterday that the residents of Airlineville were making Thanksgiving plans, but now Christmas is on their minds. The Eskimo, the Widget,…
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Cranky on the Web: Airline Musical Chairs
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Airlines experiment with new routes in ‘game of musical chairs’ to stem billions in pandemic losses – CNBCNearly all US airlines are getting creative with…
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3 Links I Love: Southwest’s Strategy, Surrender the Dragon, Wizz Goes South
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This week’s featured link What’s Southwest’s Network Strategy? – Fly Data GuyA former Southwest network planner talks about how Southwest has moved toward connecting banks…
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Who the F*&@ Is EGO Airways?
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Get ready for something weird. The latest entry in the “Who the F*&@ is” series is actually an airline with an idea I don’t hate……
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Quantifying the Incredibly Unlikely Aerosol Transmission of COVID on Airplanes
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There’s a good chance you know someone who has told you, “oh yeah, I know someone who got COVID on an airplane.” That’s most likely…
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JetBlue Cuts While Southwest Grows
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Greetings from Airlineville. On the surface, it was another quiet week for our fine residents, but underneath, there was more action than you might think.…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – The Cliff Part 2: What Happened?
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Cranky Talk – The Cliff Part 2: What Happened? Cranky Talk is back again, and this week we’re doing a follow-up episode. The Cliff has…
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Cranky on the Web: Burning Cash, Changing Schedules
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Airlines are burning a lot of cash — so what does that mean? – MarketplaceI was back on Marketplace this week to talk about how…
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3 Links I Love: Airplanes are COVID-Safe, Goodbye Alitalia, WestJet Stays West
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This week’s featured link TRANSCOM/AMC Commercial Aircraft Cabin Aerosol Dispersion Tests – US Transportation Command and DARPAYou probably saw news coverage of this study, but…
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The New Aeroplan Shows Why It’s Important to Own Your Loyalty Program
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Long ago, in a galaxy far far away, Air Canada needed cash. To get that cash, it spun off its Aeroplan loyalty program. Many hailed…
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Southwest Adds Chicago’s O’Hare and Houston’s Intercontinental… But Why?
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Southwest used to be an airline that added dots in the Continental US to its route map at a torrid pace, but that hasn’t happened…
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Montrose Is the New Hot Spot and Other Changes in a Quiet Week
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After the blistering action last week, this week proved to be a more quiet one in Airlineville. According to the data from Cirium, many had…
