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3 Links I Love: TSA Reservations, PSA Legend, United Gets Feisty, More MH370
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This Week’s Featured Link Seattle is testing a new system that lets travelers make a reservation at the TSA checkpoint – TPGThis is a pretty slick idea. I wonder how well it’ll work in practice.…
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Who the F*&@ is Connect Airlines?
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When it rains it pours. After years of no significant startups in the US, we now have a third entry in a very short time after Avelo and Breeze — or least, I’m told Breeze…
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Sun Country Stakes Its Claim as Vacation King of Minnesota and Wisconsin
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Sun Country built its entire business on people from the Minneapolis/St Paul area desperately needing to escape to warmer climates during the long, cold winter. Though it has tried to find other ways to make…
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United Cuts Chicago, Delta Gives Up on Europe for June, and More
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The preparations for summer have been relentless, and this week, the residents of Airlineville took a little breather. Oh sure, there was still plenty to find in the Cirium data, but the volume just wasn’t…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – JetAmerAlaska Partners In The Sky!
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Cranky Talk – JetAmerAlaska Partners In The Sky! Cranky Talk is back again, and this week, Dave and I talk about American’s partnerships with both Alaska and JetBlue. Why? Well, why not? American and JetBlue…
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After many, many years of using our current email program to send you either daily blog posts or a weekly digest, we are making a switch. Beginning today, we will be using MailerLite to send…
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3 Links I Love: Qantas Plays In the Mud, How American Brings Planes Back, Alaska’s Commitment
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This Week’s Featured Link John Sharp, Alan Joyce swap barbs over Rex vs Qantas – Executive TravellerHere’s some backstory on the brawl brewing down under. You’ll find first the article from Rex CEO John Sharp,…
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Across the Aisle from Avelo CEO Andrew Levy on Launch Day
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Yesterday saw the first launch of a new, significant US-based airline since Virgin America more than a decade ago. Though I didn’t take the flight, I did drive up to Burbank Airport so I could…
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My First Flight on American’s Oasis-Configured 737 (Trip Report)
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When we went looking for return flights from Puerto Vallarta, there were plenty of options, but we settled on American since the airline had two returns between 1 and 2pm while everyone else was later…
