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3 Links I Love: Delta’s Refinery Twists and Turns, Branson’s Troubles, Gogo Numbers
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This week’s featured link Delta Air Lines Bought an Oil Refinery. It Didn’t Go as Planned. – The New York TimesThe author clearly thinks that Delta’s refinery purchase was a mistake, but I’m not sure…
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United Tries to Hitch a Ride on the Florida Gravy Train This Holiday Season
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Of the big three US carriers, United is by far the weakest in Florida. Much of that is due to the lack of a hub located in the Southeast US, but that isn’t stopping United…
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After Years of Making Life Difficult, Virgin Australia Simplifies
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Twenty years ago when Virgin Blue launched, it had a simple mission. The airline was built to bring low fares to a continent where few were to be found. Since that time, the airline —…
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Southwest Slashes September Flights, Everyone Else Remains Quiet
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This week on Skeds of air Lines, that Texan cowboy — Southwest — decided the time had come to face reality and make a move. But that was pretty much all of the big action…
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A New Cranky Talk Is Live: How Airlines Are Keeping Travelers Safe
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Cranky Talk: How Airlines are Keeping Travelers Safe It’s Cranky Talk time again, and this week, it’s a super-sized 18+ minute podcast. Why is it so long? Well, we had a lot to talk about.…
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Cranky on the Web: Making Travel Safer
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Flying in 2020 and 2021: How Airlines Are Adapting and How Passengers Can Stay Safe – WendyPerrin.comWendy had Gary Leff and me on a Zoom call with her readers to talk about the current state…
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3 Links I Love: Credit Card Declines, Mobile Moves, Israel’s New Plane
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This week’s featured link Travel Blogs Rode Credit Card Referrals Wave: What Comes Next? – SkiftIt may be a day of reckoning for credit card bloggers. The olden times of easy, big money are —…
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Lufthansa Goes Back to Its Happy Place By Starting a New Airline For No Good Reason
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If there’s anything the Lufthansa Group loves, it’s complexity. The group has been fanatical about making things as confusing as possible from an operational perspective, and it has been quite successful. After finally clearing out…
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Vintage Airport Shirts Are Now Available… And We’re Taking Requests For More
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For those of you who like to kick it old school — damn, I sound like an old guy trying to pretend to be cool — we now have vintage airport t-shirts available. It’s not…
