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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 party scheduled for the 24th up in the Bay Area,…
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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 somewhat louder lately as American has aggressively matched ultra low…
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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 talking about China’s new COMAC C919 which will compete with…
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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 of using narrowbodies to connect the US and Europe via…
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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 find ways to differentiate themselves and their product offerings. While…
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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 CAPA in 2013. Then there was last year’s Ignite Conference…
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Flyin’ Hawaiian in Coach on the A330 and 717 (Trip Report)
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When Hawaiian invited me to its Global Media Day, my initial plan was to do a quick strike. I’d fly in on Sunday, do the media day on Monday, and then fly back on Tuesday…
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Here Delta Goes Again On Its Own, Goin’ Down the Only Road Its Ever Known
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Delta has repeatedly made the decision over the last few years to take the path less traveled. In its latest move, Delta has decided to pull out of the US airline industry’s lobbying group, Airlines…
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3 Links I Love – Southwest Shakes Up Small Cities, Emirates’s Godfather, and Air Canada’s Pit Crew
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Last week, most of you liked the idea of doing a weekly news roundup, but not all. So I’m trying something a little bit different. I’m going to pick just a few links (3 this…
