Recent Articles
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3 Links I Love: Delta Checks In, Saying Goodbye to the 747 and the 737-400 Combi
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It’s a trio of airline-produced content this week… This week’s featured link: Delta introduces auto check-in for Fly Delta app users – Delta News Hub…
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Polaris: When United Cried Wolf
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Let’s get one thing straight. I’m not here to bash Polaris. When United relaunched its international business class last June, I liked the Polaris plan.…
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30% of TAP Air Portugal’s Boston Customers Start Their Journey on JetBlue (aka The Power of Partnerships)
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We’ve seen both JetBlue and Alaska/Virgin America aggressively pursue a strategy of providing domestic connectivity to foreign airline partners. One of JetBlue’s partners is TAP…
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Lufthansa Picks Up Part of airberlin’s Carcass While easyJet Still Circles
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The end is nigh for airberlin. After years of being kept alive on life support thanks to Etihad’s free-flowing money, it’s all over. On October…
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Cranky on the Web: When to Fly With Kids, Remaking ATPCO
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The Best Age for Your Child to Get a Smartphone and Experience 11 Other Milestones – Reader’s Digest It was quite a blast of nostalgia…
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3 Links I Love: Airbus and the Bullshit Castle, Ode to the 747, Frontier Cuts
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This week’s featured link: Airbus Corruption Scandal May Lead Straight to the Top – Der Spiegel The language is a bit stilted, but this very…
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Southwest Officially Announces It’ll Eventually Fly to Some Airport in Hawai’i By 2019
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Since the dawn of time, people have wondered when Southwest would start flying to Hawai’i. Now we finally know…ish, but we don’t know much. Last…
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Ryanair Has Really Created a Mess For Itself
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In the last month, Ryanair has greatly tarnished its image as a reliable operator thanks to a pilot vacation-scheduling snafu. It’s been quite the black…
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Bankruptcy Bites: Monarch and airberlin Make Life Miserable for Travelers
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I’ve been watching as some weaker European airlines have fallen like dominoes over the last few months, and it’s striking to me how different their…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest Shifts From the 737-300 to the MAX
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Max 8 a jumbo upgrade for Southwest Airlines – Houston Chronicle The last week has been a huge change for Southwest. First it retired its…
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3 Links I Love: Operation Care-Lift, OneJet in Milwaukee, Throwing Money into Meridiana
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This week’s featured link: Operation Care-Lift: Spirit, Lufthansa Technik Team Up For Puerto Rico Relief Flights: A First Person Account Onboard – Airways What a…
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United Wants to Grow at LAX, But There’s Not Much Room… For Anyone
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There are two big trends in airlines these days. The first is to start an ill-conceived subsidiary with an annoying single-word name and waste a…
