Recent Articles
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United Has a Shot at The Regional Flexibility It Craves
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At the International Aviation Forecast Summit last week, United President Scott Kirby was unsurprisingly in high demand. After his presentation, he took a few minutes…
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3 Links I Love: Voting on the Future of MEX, Essential Air Service Saved, Killing the Train
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This week’s featured link: Lopez Obrador Commits to Unorthodox Vote on $13 Billion Airport – Bloomberg The Mexico City airport saga continues. The incoming president…
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Chicago Loses Asia, New York Loses Europe, and Philly Goes Boutique in American Network Changes
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I spent most of this week at the Boyd Conference (properly known as the International Aviation Forecast Summit). While I have plenty of posts to…
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A Delta 737-800 Brings Me Home From the Carolinas (Trip Report)
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After a week bouncing around the Carolinas, it was time to come home. As is always the case when we return from visiting the in-laws…
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On-Time Performance Has Suffered This Summer, But Some Aircraft Fared Better Than Others
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Thanks to a mess of bad weather in the eastern half of the country, it has been a rough summer for airline operations. I swear…
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3 Links I Love: Sabre Warms to NDC, OneJet and WOW Air Face Trouble
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This week’s featured link: Sabre Agrees to Pilot New Technologies With American Airlines and Other Travel Giants – Skift Distribution-giant Sabre spent a long, long…
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If You Think Fares Are Confusing for Travelers, What About the Poor Pricing Analyst?
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When I first came out of college in 1999, I started work as an analyst in pricing & tariffs for America West Airlines. I realize…
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The Grave Threat Posed by Aircraft Thieves (or Not)
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When I first heard that a non-pilot had stolen a Horizon Air Dash-8 Q400 and flew around Seattle for an hour, I couldn’t help but…
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Tokyo Hub? Who Needs a Tokyo Hub?
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For many years, Delta seemed like an airline in search of an Asia strategy while its competitors pushed forward definitively. Now that the Korean Air…
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Dorkfest is Only a Month Away on September 22
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Just in case you needed a reminder, Dorkfest is coming in just over a month on September 22 from 11am to 1pm (though I can’t…
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Flying Southwest Across the Country to Charleston (Trip Report)
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We had a wedding to attend just outside of Charleston, South Carolina, and when I looked at flights, I realized something obvious: flying to Charleston…
