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What Do Virgin America’s Poor Financial Results Mean for Travelers?
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After a long battle against the DOT, Virgin America has now finally been required to release its financial results to the public. What’s the verdict? It’s not pretty. I’ve already tackled the high level financial…
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JetBlue Back at LAX, Should We Believe Them This Time?
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It was almost a year ago that JetBlue announced it would begin flying to LAX in addition to its main Southern California operation at Long Beach along with smaller operations at Burbank and Ontario. Once…
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V Australia Will Get You To Seattle with Alaska, Not Virgin America
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I received a note from a reader down under recently pointing out that Aussies can now book flights to Seattle on the V Australia website. Is this the long-anticipated codeshare with Virgin America finally showing…
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Spirit Wants Ads on Flight Attendants, I Say “Why Not?”
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Spirit has been pretty quiet lately, and that should scare all of us. This is an airline that thrives on getting itself free PR, and it usually does a very good job with it. But…
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This Week on BNET (Jan 26 – 30)
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Southwest Reports Q4 Loss on Hedges Hedges and other “special items” brought Southwest down to a Q4 loss, but it was the announcement on growth that had people turning their heads. Southwest Sees Strong Revenue…
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I’m Now on Twitter (crankyflier)
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Damn you, Twitter. I always hated you because I didn’t see the point. I signed up long ago when my friends encouraged me to check it out. There were too many tweets about washing hair,…
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Delta’s Half-Empty Threat to Shrink Atlanta
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My posts have definitely been traveling around the world this week, so let’s bring it back home. Let’s talk Delta. The airline is having a spat with its largest airport, Atlanta, over new construction that…
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Italians Look to Kill Rome’s Ciampino Airport, Help Alitalia
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Yes, this is a post about Italy, but believe it or not, Alitalia isn’t the main focus. It’s the bungling Italian government that has caught my eye once again for their plans to help Alitalia…
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Virgin Nigeria Ends Long Haul Flying Today
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For those of you who think that all Sir Richard Branson touches turns to gold, all you need to do is take a look at Virgin Nigeria to see a very different story. (Or study…
