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WestJet Says It’s Starting an Ultra Low Cost Carrier
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Just when you thought things couldn’t get weirder north of the border, WestJet decided to step up. The airline that for years has been known as the successful, friendly mash-up of JetBlue and Southwest has…
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Cranky on the Web: More United, Of Course
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Story On United 3411 and Dr David Dao – Fox 11 News Somehow I missed this last week, but the reporter from our local LA Fox station Zohreen Adamjee posted her story including an interview…
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3 Links I Love: Survey on Aviation Media, JetBlue Interview, the United Brand
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This week’s featured link: Aviation and the Media Survey There’s a lot of bad reporting out there about aviation, and now the American Aviation Institute is trying to get feedback on the aviation news media…
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JetBlue vs Virgin America: The Final Showdown Part 2 – Virgin America First Class (Trip Report)
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Welcome to part 2 of the final chapter of the JetBlue vs Virgin America trilogy. If you missed part 1, my flight in Mint on JetBlue, you can find it here. Having had such a…
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JetBlue vs Virgin America: The Final Showdown Part 1 – JetBlue Mint (Trip Report)
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A couple years ago I compared JetBlue and Virgin America head-to-head on a short-haul trip. I followed that up with a long-haul comparison. Now it’s time for the final chapter (seriously, since Virgin America is…
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In Case It’s Not Clear, People Really Hate Airlines
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When the images of a bleeding passenger being dragged off a United Express flight began to surface, it was clear that this wasn’t going to be good for United. But I don’t think anyone expected…
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Cranky on the Web: A Whole Lot of United and Pretty Much Nothing Else
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As far as media appearances go, this week was easily the busiest I’ve ever encountered. And of course, everyone was talking about only one thing: United removing Dr Dao from a United Express flight last…
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3 Links I Love: Ryanair Connections are Coming, Good News for Airline Dorks
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This week’s featured link: Ryanair Unveils 2017/18 (Year 4) “Always Getting Better” Plan – Ryanair This is starting to sound like a Soviet 5 year plan. Ryanair has its latest improvement plan out, and there…
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Hawaiian Marches to the Beat of Its Own Drum With New A321 Cabin
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There’s something exciting about the introduction of a new type of airplane into an airline’s fleet. I’m not talking about an airline having an A320 and rolling out an A320neo. I’m talking about something grander,…
