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Topic of the Week: Will Kingfisher Survive?
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Kingfisher appears to be on its last legs. It has canceled all international flights and pared back domestic runs. The airline, which was supposed to be India’s entry into oneworld, is now simply fighting for…
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Onboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner
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Don’t get too excited. I didn’t actually get to fly on one. But I did get invited to come take a tour of a 787 while it was on the ground here in Long Beach…
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Pacific Wings Earns the Cranky Jackass Award For a Spiteful Website
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The EAS Flights blog stumbled on something yesterday that may be a new low for this industry. In fact, it’s childish enough that the owner of the website, Pacific Wings, has earned itself the Cranky…
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Why American’s Revenue Plans Aren’t Good Enough and a Merger Is Needed
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I came across a really interesting research note on American last week that I thought was worth discussing here. Jamie Baker at JP Morgan put out a note entitled “AMR v6.0: Additional Thoughts on Consolidation.”…
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Cranky on the Web (March 5 – 9)
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Do babies and first class mix? – CNN Out of the Office I brought the babies in first class debate over to CNN this week, and I used comments from a lot of you to…
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Topic of the Week: New Flights in Washington
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Ok, Bill from DC, this one is for you. Let’s talk new flights at Washington/National airport. There is a lot going on these days. American will use an exemption to fly from National to LA…
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Cape Air’s Reservation System Transition to ITA Was So Good, You Didn’t Know It Even Happened
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All the talk this week has been about United’s massive reservation system transition, but that wasn’t the only move of this type in the last couple weeks. Cape Air made the switch recently to a…
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American Rolls Out Its Version of Economy Plus, er Economy Comfort, er . . .
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When it first started talking about the interiors of its new 777-300ER aircraft, American said it would have a premium economy section. I secretly hoped that it would be the first true premium economy cabin…
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United’s Reservation System Switch Goes Well With Only Minor Glitches
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If you believed the headlines, you’d think that United had melted down over the weekend when it finally retired its Apollo computer reservation system in favor of a version of Continental’s SHARES system to form…
