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Topic of the Week: Etihad Airways Partners
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Etihad is trying to put some real structure behind its group of equity investments. The new Etihad Airways Partners group has been announced. Think of it as an alliance of those airlines in which Etihad…
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Frontier’s Entrance Into Miami Seems Insane, But It Might Not Be
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I’ve railed against Miami International Airport and its absurdly pricey airport projects in the past. All this drunken spending gave Ft Lauderdale a huge boost as the low cost alternative while Miami lost all of…
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United is Doing a Better Job of Reaccommodating Schedule Changes (Tales From the Field)
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I have a very strange Tales From the Field post this week. What’s so odd about it? It doesn’t involve me fighting an airline. In fact, this is a positive post about United. Seriously. I’ve…
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Spirit and Frontier Seem to Be Up for a Fight
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For years, Spirit has said that it has hundreds of markets it can serve profitably in the US. With so much room for it and other ultra low cost carriers to expand, it seems pretty…
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Cranky on the Web (September 21 – October 3)
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Some of these are a bit old because I didn’t post last Saturday while I was on vacation. But none of these were time-sensitive. Airlines go à la carte: Why travellers should get used to…
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Topic of the Week: Will PEOPLExpress Fly Again?
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That didn’t take long. PEOPLExpress has already shut down thanks to what it says was a problem with airplanes from its contractor Vision. I’m not sure I believe it, but either way, the airline plans…
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Eight First Class Tickets on Delta to Maui for the Price of One (Trip Report)
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For the third year in a row, we had decided to take a late Summer/early Fall vacation to Maui. Two years ago, we flew Alaska. Last year we flew United. And this year it was…
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Dallas Tells Delta to Take a Hike, No Room For the Airline at Love Field
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Remember how the Department of Justice (DOJ) was so concerned with preserving competition at Dallas/Love Field as part of the American/US Airways merger? Well, the many pieces of that plan have no fallen into place,…
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The Air France Pilot Strike Ends With Absolutely Nothing Resolved
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When I left on vacation last week, Air France’s pilots were striking. When I returned on Saturday, nothing had changed. Yesterday, however, the pilots came around and decided the time to end the strike had…
