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United Wants to Grow at LAX, But There’s Not Much Room… For Anyone
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There are two big trends in airlines these days. The first is to start an ill-conceived subsidiary with an annoying single-word name and waste a bunch of time and money on it. The second is…
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If This is How US Trade Law Is Supposed to Work, Then I’m Not a Fan
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219.63% If the decision from the Department of Commerce goes final, that’s the amount of the countervailing duty (CVD) that an American-based airline would need to pay on top of the purchase price if it…
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China Airlines is Coming to Ontario, and I Don’t Hate This Plan
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After announcing it was evaluating service between Taipei/Taoyuan and Ontario nearly a month ago, China Airlines made it official on Friday in a ceremony at Ontario Airport. When I tweeted the news, the responses ranged…
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Cranky on the Web: Norwegian’s Fast Start at Stewart
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International budget flights out of Stewart prove popular – Hudson Valley One This story starts out giddy about Norwegian’s July numbers at Stewart Airport north of New York City. “The July numbers augur well for…
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3 Links I Love: Joon Gets Worse, Feds Look at Fees, Southwest Says Seeya 737-300
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This week’s featured link: Joon, the new generation travel experience by Air France – Air France I’ve made it clear how much I dislike Joon, Air France’s new airline-within-an-airline previously. Now we have more information…
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Back From the Big Island on United (Trip Report)
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And now for the conclusion to this Hawaiian adventure. After my low and slow flights over from Moloka’i, I spent a week on the Big Island. Other than the usual beach and pool action, we…
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Spirit CEO Bob Fornaro on the Benefits of Operational Improvement (Across the Aisle)
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Welcome back to the second half of my interview with Spirit President and CEO Bob Fornaro. (If you missed the first half, here it is.) When we left off, Bob was talking about how the…
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Spirit CEO Bob Fornaro on Price Competition and Doing What Spirit Does Best (Across the Aisle)
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Spirit’s current President, Bob Fornaro, has seen a lot in this industry. After stints at TWA and Northwest, he spent much of the 1990s at USAir. At the end of the decade, he joined AirTran…
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Thank You for Coming to Dorkfest 2017
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That was one great Dorkfest at LAX yesterday. Thank you to everyone who came out, ate In-N-Out burgers, and watched airplanes. It was definitely the best turnout we’ve ever had. This photo from David Parker…
