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3 Links I Love: Finnair’s Nest, Turkish Recreates Pangea, Winter in Cape Town, PLAYing in New York
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This Week’s Featured Link Finnair long-haul revamp: New business class and premium economy cabins on offer – PaxEx.aeroFinnair is putting a new cabin on its long-haul fleet, and the new business class seat is the…
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Frontier’s Quick Meltdown Recovery
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Overshadowed by the Frontier/Spirit merger announcement was an operational meltdown at Frontier on Monday. The airline had to cancel more than a third of its flights, and of those that did operate, only a third…
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Spirit and Frontier: Together At Last
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The news broke early yesterday, and people couldn’t stop talking about it… Maury Gallagher is retiring as CEO of Allegiant! Oh wait, not that bit of news, though a hearty congratulations to Maury. Of course,…
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Qatar Bets Big on Boeing, Cargo
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It’s been a long time since we’ve seen an airline put its full faith in Boeing, but Qatar has recently done just that. After a growing, contentious fight with Airbus over paint, Qatar has now…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest CEO’s New Job, Business Travel
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Bob Jordan is now Southwest Airlines’ new CEO. Here’s what’s on his plate – CNBCI know it sounds funny, but I think Bob Jordan has a pretty easy job. Just get the operation back on…
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3 Links I Love: Failed LAX Plans, Bjorn Speaks, Vending Machine Ramen, A New Southwest Airport
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This Week’s Featured Link LAX Alternate Universe – Flight Path Museum LAXHere is a lengthy and detailed look at some of the past plans for LAX, most of which never came to fruition. I love…
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Airline Groups Continue to Yell Into the Void Against COVID Testing for Travel
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It is no surprise at all to see airline lobbying organizations try to push the narrative that border closings are a bad idea. After all, border closings are bad for business for their members. But…
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Mark Your Calendars: Cranky Dorkfest is September 17
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I regularly get questions about when Cranky Dorkfest will be each year, and it seems like I start getting them about one day after the last one ends. Well, now you need wait no longer…
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What Matters in an Aircraft Livery? Not Much.
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There is rarely a hotter topic in airline dork discussion circles than an airline’s livery. The livery is — in normal human terms — the airline’s paint job, and the term comes from the livery,…
