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Not Your Father’s 747
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The 747 has been around for a long time. In fact, the 747-100 had its first commercial flight with Pan Am 37 years ago this Sunday. So as the plane approaches its fortieth birthday, you’d…
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Expedia May be Doing This to Themselves
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It’s tough to tell exactly what’s going on at Expedia these days. First, it appeared that American had pulled their fares for international travel and premium cabins due to not being able to come to…
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Do We Need Another Airline in Hawai’i?
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Apparently, Pacific Wings thinks there aren’t enough airlines in Hawai’i. To remedy the situation, they’ve decided to start up PW Express to fly between Honolulu and both Lanai and Molokai as well as between Kahului…
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Virgin America Surprises with Significant Changes
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Man, looks like I posted too soon. This afternoon, Virgin America announced that they’ve made some pretty hefty changes to their ownership structure that should make it very difficult for the DOT to turn them…
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Virgin America Takin’ It to the Streets
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Virgin America certainly thinks that they should be allowed to fly, so they’ve launched their campaign this morning at letVAfly.com. They’ve decided that the best tactic is to take this one to the people. You’ll…
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American Makes Expedia Less Useful
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Late last week, American put out a terse press release that simply said that the airline “will no longer sell international tickets or domestic first or business class tickets through Expedia.com or any other website…
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Southwest.com Now For Those with Poor Eyesight
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I’m back from the long weekend and as usual there’s plenty to talk about. First up is Southwest.com‘s launch of a new home page. None of the other pages have been changed, but they’ve moved…
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Virgin America Tries Ignoring the DOT
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You’d think that after such a strongly worded denial by the DOT last week, Virgin America would work on addressing the issues at hand, right? Wrong. Instead of trying to fix the foreign control problems…
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No Pretzels and No Snack Mix Make United the Cranky Jackass Winner
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United is really getting good at winning this award, aren’t they? In a show of brilliance, the airline has returned to its cost cutting ways the only way they know how. No, they aren’t slashing…
