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United Again Gives Mesa a New Lease On Life
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If there’s a regional airline with more lives than a cat, it’s Mesa. Somehow, despite all odds, the airline has rebuilt itself time and time again. Just when you think it’s going to go away,…
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Cranky on the Web: LATAM Distances Itself From IAG
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LATAM and British Airways, Iberia-parent IAG drop partnership plans – TPGRemember when LATAM said that its divorce from American and oneworld wouldn’t impact its other partnerships? Ha, yeah, right. It is no longer going to…
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3 Boeing Links I Love: Boeing's Influencer Event, More Delays, A Delta Hope
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This Week’s Featured Links Muilenburg: Returning Max to service ‘will be an international decision’ – Learmount.comBoeing held a gathering in Seattle last week for influencers, analysts, and really anyone but media. I was included in the…
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United Turns to the Airbus A321XLR; Boeing Can't Compete
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It was only this summer when American announced an order for 50 A321XLRs. At the time, nobody seemed surprised. American is a customer of both Airbus and Boeing, and the A321XLR was the right airplane…
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American Begins to Look Beyond Its Rigid Hub Strategy With New Austin Service
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Ever since the US Airways days, the current American management team has been completely and totally focused on building service in hubs and only in hubs. That has frustrated many, especially those in logical spokes…
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United's Orderly Leadership Transition: What Well-Run Companies Do
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I awoke Thursday morning to a flurry of emails about the personnel changes at the top being announced at United. One from a United spokesperson included the press release and said simply, “call me when…
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Cranky on the Web: United's New CEO, Southwest Ponders Change, 2020 Route Launches
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United’s Scott Kirby Finally Gets a CEO Job: Now What? – SkiftBrian Sumers asked me about my experiences with Scott when he was running revenue management, and I was a pricing analyst and, eventually, manager.…
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3 Bailout Links I Love: Alitalia, Hong Kong Airlines, and South African
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This week’s featured link: Alitalia set for €400mn gov’t bailout after talks collapse – ch-aviationNobody wants to rescue Alitalia, so the burden has now fallen back on to the government. That sound you hear is…
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Stuff I Want to Understand: Pedro Anderson On Future Potential Applications for Blockchain in Travel
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Welcome back to the second part of my discussion with Pedro Anderson, Founder and CEO of Winding Tree, the company that has partnered with Hahn Air. If you missed the first part, head back here…
