Recent Articles
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An Excellent Crew on My First American Eagle Embraer 175 Flight (Trip Report)
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After a rough start on the ground, my flight up to San Francisco the day before was good and unremarkable. That’s how I like my…
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Mokulele Says Silver Threatened the Airline if It Started Flights in Florida, So It Didn’t
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And now for something completely different… I’m a sucker for an airline brawl, and here’s one that hasn’t gotten much press yet, probably because it’s…
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Winners and Losers of Delta’s Decision to Begin Selling Comfort+ As Its Own Fare
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Nearly a year ago, Delta decided to go through a branding exercise and rename its products. Economy Comfort became Comfort+ and the product itself, which…
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Cranky on the Web – Philly is Great (for Connections), Change Due to Metrojet Crash
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PHL a top place to make connections – Philadelphia Inquirer OAG did a study looking at the biggest megahubs, and Philly was toward the top…
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3 Links I Love: Delta’s New Tax Strategy
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Today’s featured link: Wall St analyst report: Delta may create overseas subsidiary – ATW Rumors abound that Delta is going to create some foreign companies…
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DOJ Tries to Prevent United From Acquiring More Newark Slots, and I’m Not Against That Plan
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If there’s been one constant in the last few years, it’s my general opposition to what the feds have tried to do when it comes…
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American’s Domestic Departures from the Bradley Terminal at LAX Aren’t Ideal (Trip Report)
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I traveled a fair bit in October, but this trip was the last one for awhile. A good friend of mine had his 40th birthday…
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Understanding How American Airlines Sets Pricing
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There are a lot of people who think they know how to set fares better than the people at American Airlines. This chorus has grown…
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Cranky on the Web – Talking Chinese Competition for Boeing and Airbus
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China’s New Large Jet: Threat to Boeing, Airbus? – The Wall Street Journal “What’s New” Podcast I sat for a 5m27s interview with the WSJ…
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3 Links I Love – WOW air Gets Big, US Airways was Safe, and Porter’s Jet Plans Are In Trouble
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Today’s featured link: WOW air to ADD Los Angeles and San Francisco ROUTES in 2016 – WOW air I was onboard with WOW air’s strategy…
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Slowly But Surely, Expedia Catches Up with the Times on Flight Search
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For many years, shopping for an airline ticket was about two things: price and schedule. More recently, that’s been changing. Airlines have worked hard to…
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Travelport launches a new ‘We’re There’ commercial to showcase its Travel Commerce Platform (Sponsored Post)
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As you know, Travelport has brought me out to a couple of events in previous years. There was the rollout of the merchandising platform at…
