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A Rough Month for PIA
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It’s always fascinating yet sad to watch a airline self-destruct. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the flag carrier of Pakistan, is well on its way. After a handful of incidents, the European Union added PIA to…
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US Airways On the Clock
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Is there an echo in here? Once again, an airline is under fire for poor performance. I swear, I don’t understand why columnists bother to write these stories over and over. They could just take…
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It’s Dork Time!
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Sometimes, I just find the need to dork out. When a friend passed along the link to flightmemory.com, I knew it was time to get cozy with my computer. This is the result (click to…
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Spirit Officially Joins the Ryanair Club
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I believe Spirit’s transformation is now complete. Yesterday they launched what I believe is the first $0.01 sale they’ve run (it ends tonight). I know they ran a $0.05 sale, but this could be the…
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The Power of the Corporate Blog
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I must admit that as a reader, I’m not a fan of corporate blogs. Any time a company is in charge, it inevitably restricts what bloggers can say. (As you can tell, I’m clearly not…
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Random Bits of Info – Happy Tax Day
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It’s tax day here in the US, and even though we got two extra days this year, there is no such thing as a “happy” tax day. If you got a refund, that means you…
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What ISN’T Cool About the 787?
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A friend of mine passed along a Boeing presentation called “Boeing 787 Dreamliner Flight Deck Safety, Comfort, Efficiency” (also posted here in PDF format). Most of the information in there isn’t going to get the…
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Fares are Rising at LAX
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A few months ago, the powers that be at LAX (that’d be LAWA) decided they were going to raise the rents on the airlines flying out of the airport. It has since become a soap…
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Watch Out, China is Coming
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Any time China announces they’re interested in getting into a market, people perk up and listen. I guess having over 1 billion people will do that for you. So when China said they wanted to…
