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Southern Airways Express Serves Small Cities… And Makes Money
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My ongoing, unorganized series looking at the demise of small city service in the US has been pretty depressing. Sure there are some ideas on how to help mitigate the destruction, but that’s often more…
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Delta Swaps International and Domestic Aircraft To Fight the Low Cost Carriers
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It was more than a year and a half ago when I wrote this about JetBlue’s first big expansion of its Mint premium cabin beyond the usual transcon markets between New York and both LA…
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Flat Beds on the American 767-300, Then Coach Home (Trip Report)
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As I wrote yesterday, it’s a quiet Thanksgiving week, so I’m posting my recent trip reports to get them out of the queue. There’s no post on Thursday. I’ll be back on Monday with a…
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JetBlue Mint, Take 2: Now With Food! (Trip Report)
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It’s Thanksgiving week, so I’ve decided to lie low and post two trip reports today and tomorrow. No post Thursday, and I’ll be back the following Monday as usual. — The last time I flew…
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3 Links I Love: KLM Not LinkedIn, California Pacific Tries Again, the Delta 747 Goodbye
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This week’s featured link: KLM Lets The Customer Decide… – Meanwhile at KLM This is a really interesting read. KLM has one of the more aggressive social media strategies out there, and it has made…
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Long Beach and the Unsustainable Southwest Effect
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On June 5, 2016, Southwest launched its first flights from Long Beach with 4 daily to Oakland. With a year’s worth of data from the feds now available, I turned to the numbers to see…
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Riding into the Sunset With The Last United 747
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Unless you’re living under a rock, you know that United retired its 747s last week with one remarkable last flight. I was devastated that I was unable to go due to other commitments, but United…
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How the Experts Think We Can Improve Small Community Air Service
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The problem of declining small city service is far from being resolved, and I have a few posts lined up to address the issue. Recently, I wrote about a couple dozen small US cities that…
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Cranky on the Web: New Ideas (Some Terrible) for Inflight Entertainment
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The future of in-flight entertainment may include gyms – Marketwatch Don’t let the title fool you. The future of inflight entertainment will NOT include gyms. But airlines are trying out some new things. My feelings…
