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Norwegian Buys Widerøe, A Very Different Kind of Airline
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As far as mergers go, it’s a seemingly strange one. Low-cost operator Norwegian has announced it will buy Norway’s regional airline, Widerøe. The two airlines make quite the odd couple, though there is some rationale…
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A Proposal to Crush Rewards Credit Cards… and Airlines… is Introduced
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If you’ve passed anyone recently who looked sickly and was breathing into a paper bag, there’s a good chance it was a points-and-miles blogger. After all, Sens Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS)…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta Gets Rich, Northern Pacific Gets Started, More
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Delta Sets Record Earnings Delta Air Lines’s Q2 earnings report showed record high revenue and profit, led by a 22% drop in fuel costs and a major increase in customers willing to pay higher fares…
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Landline Overcomes Its Biggest Hurdle on American Flights
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From an air service perspective, small cities are screwed. To keep them connected to the rest of the network, we need to do something different. Landline has been working on that premise for a few…
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Annoying Delays and Other Fun on United Express to Monterey (Trip Report)
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I try to do a “Dad Adventure” with each of my kids every year. The last one I wrote up here was two years ago when I let them pick from the then-brand new Avelo’s…
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A Closer Look at American’s Transatlantic Operation at JFK
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The Northeast Alliance (NEA) between American and JetBlue was supposed to do a lot to solve American’s troubles in the New York City area as a distant competitor behind Delta and United. Part of this…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue Stands Down, ALPA Not a Fan of JSX, and More…
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JetBlue Moves on from Northeast Alliance JetBlue Airways announced this week it is bowing out of the controversial Northeast Alliance, shifting focus to another clash with the DOJ, its merger with Spirit. American is continuing…
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JetBlue Wisely Walks Away From the NEA, But This Partnership Isn’t Dead Yet
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The NEA is dead! Long live the NEA! Despite JetBlue’s announcement yesterday that it had “initiated the termination” of the NEA between it and American — deciding not to appeal the judge’s ruling that blocked…
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The Feds Shoot Down Delta’s Request for Tokyo Flexibility
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It didn’t take long for the Department of Transportation (DOT) to make a decision on Delta’s motion to allow flexibility for slot usage at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. The ruling was a resounding “no way, y’all”…
