Recent Articles
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New Delta Flights and More
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I guess Delta figures that they’ve already done enough expansion at JFK for now so they’re refocusing out West. We saw the first round of…
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How Not to Deal with Overbooking
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For once, I feel sorry for an Alitalia employee. According to an Italian newspaper (in Italian only, but throw it into babelfish.altavista.com and you’ll get…
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US, UK, and Canada Slowly Relaxing Restrictions
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I must admit it’s a little too slow for my tastes, but all of these countries are relaxing restrictions for travel that were put into…
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US Airways Merger Update
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US Airways sent me an update this week on the latest and greatest happenings with the merger, primarily focused on the website. For those who…
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Perimeter Rules (No, This Doesn’t Involve Math)
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In this recent conversation on the Today in the Sky blog, I mentioned something about the perimeter rule at New York’s LaGuardia airport. I realize…
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Who the F*** is Allegiant Air?
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If I went up to 100 people in the US asked them about Allegiant Air, my guess is almost all of them would pose the…
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US Requires Express Cargo Screening – Yawn
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I’m actually pretty surprised this didn’t get more attention last week. On Sep 15, US officials announced they’ll require all express cargo to be screened…
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Hawaiian Steel Cage Match
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The Hawaiian airline market is an interesting place. You put three airlines in the islands and everybody’s happy, but you add a fourth and it…
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AC Sticks it To Him
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Airlines should do this more often. Today in the Sky reports that Air Canada billed an unruly passenger for causing a 27 minute delay for…
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More A380 Delays . . . Bummer
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It’s true that I think the A380 wasn’t the right strategic move for Airbus (smaller is better), and it’s one of the uglier planes out…
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JetBlue Launches New Website
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Good news for JetBlue fans . . . the airline finally launched its new website overnight. Here are my thoughts on the good and bad:…
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Spirit Airlines: The Little Kid Seeking Attention
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If you mention the name Spirit Airlines to most people, you probably get a blank stare in return. That’s because Spirit isn’t exactly the biggest…
