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Topic of the Week: How Do You Feel About Strikes?
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Lufthansa pilots spent much of this week striking. Air France pilots have done that a lot this year as well. Regardless of how you feel about the strike itself, how do you feel about it…
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Across the Aisle From David Neeleman on Why Azul’s New Service to the US is Going to Work (Part 1)
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Way back in 2010, I spoke with JetBlue and Azul founder David Neeleman (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). As he does best, David was in hyper-growth mode at Brazilian airline Azul. It had a…
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Profit Sharing: Why American Doesn’t Like It, Why It Should Have Done It Anyway, and Why It Can’t Do It Now
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I really thought this was going to die down eventually, but it hasn’t. The topic of profit-sharing at the new American (or lack thereof) has really angered a lot of people, and the noise is…
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More US – Mexico Flights May Be Coming Soon Thanks to Loosening of the Rules
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Maybe “soon” isn’t the right word. Nevertheless, beginning in January 2016 (a mere 13 months away) some of the silly regulations governing travel between the US and Mexico will finally go away. While this isn’t…
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Cranky on the Web (November 24 – 28) – Best Airports in the US, More
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The Best and Worst Airports in America: Readers’ Choice Awards 2014 – Conde Nast Traveler I was only responsible for writing up the best airports in the US according to the reader survey. These were…
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The True Meaning of Thanksgiving 2014
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Ah, Thanksgiving. It’s my favorite holiday of the year. This time, a quick road trip brought me to Phoenix, so no airplanes needed. For everyone else, hopefully you’ve had easy travels despite the snow in…
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Delta’s Choice of the A330neo and A350 For Its Widebody Fleet May Seem a Little Peculiar
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We’ve been waiting a long time for Delta to decide what widebodies it would order to replace its 747s and 767s, and now we finally know. The A330-900neo and the A350-900 have both been chosen.…
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JetBlue is Making Changes That You Think You Won’t Like, But You Might Be Wrong
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Remember when we talked about what Wall Street wanted JetBlue to do in order to improve financial performance? Well, JetBlue agrees. The airline has announced that it’s going to add more seats to its airplanes…
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Cranky on the Web (November 17 – 21) – Ethiopian Madness, Rebanking in Miami, More
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Ethiopian Airlines: The Flexible Airline (or, why you shouldn’t combine multiple tickets on one itinerary) – Travel Babbo One of our clients wrote about his saga dealing with Ethiopian. Not only did they re-route his…
