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Delta’s Domestic July Schedule Has More Hub Overflying
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It happened more quickly than I expected, but Delta has now rolled out what appears to be its complete domestic schedule for July. I’ve spent some more quality time with Diio by Cirium data to…
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Clipped Wings: Flying — and Not Flying –During COVID-19 (Guest Post)
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You may remember reading about Korry Franke, a now Newark-based 737 pilot who wrote the book 3 Feet to the Left, here on the blog. I reached out to Korry to ask how things were…
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Cranky on the Web: A Livestream Tuesday, 39 Questions With Johnny Jet
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Mondays Live With Skift Airline WeeklyJoin me and Skift Airline Weekly Editor Madhu Unnikrishnan for a chat about the airlines on TUESDAY at 830a PT. It’ll be live, and you can register here to join.…
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3 Links I Love: Pan Am R&R Flights, Why Airports Die, A Delta Rumor I Hope Isn’t True
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This week’s featured link Flight Status – The Washington Post MagazineIt’s a long weekend so we all have more time to kill than usual. So, here’s a nice, long piece looking at the flight attendants…
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If You’re Going to Fly, Wear a Mask and Stop Expecting Social Distancing
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If you spend a lot of time on social media, you’ve likely seen an increasing number of travelers griping about their air travel woes. The general complaint is that airlines are not living up to…
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Flight Schedules Only Tell Part of the Story
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I’ve spent a lot of time looking at flight schedules here over the past month or so, and it does tell a rather interesting story about how individual airlines have approached the plunge in demand…
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Analyzing Delta’s 777 Retirement Plan
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On the heels of announcing the retirement of its MD-88 and MD-90 fleet on June 2, Delta has now announced that its 777s will leave the fleet by the end of the year. This is…
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Cranky on the Web: A New Cranky Podcast, Summer Predictions, More Refunds
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Cranky Talk Episode 1 – The Phantom RefundsWe’ve been tinkering with expanding podcasting, and this week we’ve launched our very first consumer-focused Cranky Talk. We decided to start with a short look at the refund…
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3 Links I Love: A 5 Year Recovery, Mitsubishi Hurting, Ryanair Denies Airbus
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This week’s featured link COVID-19 Outlook for air travel in the next 5 years – IATAThis presentation has all kinds of interesting tidbits around how IATA came to the conclusion that the industry will go…
