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Czech Airlines is Not OK as It Fades Away
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There aren’t all that many airlines that have been around for over 100 years, and now, that exclusive club has lost a member. Flight 767 from Paris to Prague marked the last flight of Czech…
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Airlines are Implementing DOT Auto-Refunds, and It’s Bad News for Travelers
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The Department of Transportation (DOT) in late April finalized rules requiring airlines to automatically issue refunds if there’s a disruption and no acceptable alternative exists. It sounds great in theory, but as airlines put it…
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Elliott and Southwest Declare a Truce… For Now
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Southwest announced its third quarter earnings this week, and the results were not bad. (It’s easy to look good when you announce the same day as American….) But this wasn’t the most important news of…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Southwest and Elliott Find Détente, Frontier and Spirit Can’t Quit Each Other
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Southwest and Elliott Reach Truce Southwest Airlines months-long proxy fight with activist investor Elliott Investment Management appears to finally be coming to a close after the two parties reached an agreement Thursday. As part of…
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Play Airlines Plans to Play in the Sand Instead of the States
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Things don’t appear to be going all that well for Iceland-based Play Airlines, the heir to the WOW Air legacy. With results coming in worse than expected, the airline is shifting its plans away from…
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Getting to Southwest Investor Day… on American (Trip Report)
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Analysts and media had circled September 26 on their calendars for a long time. That was the day that Southwest would present its long-awaited plan to “transform” itself. I don’t always care about going to…
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United’s Atlantic Joint Venture Guides How United Grows
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I’m well aware that I’ve written a lot about United’s recent network announcement, but there’s still more to be said. Today, I want to talk about the airline’s Atlantic Plus-Plus (A++) joint venture and why…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: DOT’s DCA Sweepstakes Winners, United’s Profits Soar
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DOT Announces DCA Winners The long-awaited results of the DOT’s awarding of five new perimeter-exempted slots at Washington/National Airport were revealed this week and the results were…not shocking. The five largest airlines all took home…
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I Don’t Understand This Plan, but Elliott’s Showdown with Southwest’s Board Now Has a Date
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Any time something happens in this airline industry we love, there’s a good chance I have an opinion on it. And to get to that opinion, I first have to figure out where the company…
