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Wondering How Sun Country is Going to Make Its New Owners A Lot of Money
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Last week Sun Country was sold by the Davis brothers to funds managed by private-equity-giant Apollo. Apollo isn’t in this just to be nice. It wants to make money. Now, I find myself trying to…
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Cranky on the Web: What’s Behind The Higher Bag Fee Revenue?
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Fliers paid a record $1.2 billion in baggage fees last quarter – CNN Money When CNN asked me why airline bag fees were up 10 percent in the 3rd quarter versus last year, I had…
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3 Links I Love: Horizon Stabilizes, Delta Flight Attendant Reality Show, Canada Retaliates
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This week’s featured link: Horizon Air operations stabilize as crisis abates – The Seattle Times It’s good to see a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel for Horizon, but this is…
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Trump Gets Tough on the Middle East Airlines… Or Possibly Not
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If you saw the news earlier this week that President Trump had addressed the gulf carrier subsidy issue, you could be forgiven for being extremely confused. What happened was reported in very different ways depending…
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easyJet Makes Its Move on Berlin
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When airberlin finally went under, there was a great deal of concern that Lufthansa would pick up all the pieces and leave Germany without any serious competition. Fear not, competition-lovers. The good people of easyJet…
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Delta’s Empire-Building Continues With a WestJet Joint Venture
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Delta continued its efforts to take over the world last week with the announcement of its anticipated joint venture with Canada’s WestJet. For Delta, this is just another piece of the puzzle. It has spend…
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3 Links I Love: Berlin’s Terrible Airport Problem, Alitalia Fiddles While Rome Burns, Skytrax Shenanigans
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This week’s featured link: The ongoing saga of Berlin’s unfinished airport – CNN Travel I’ve been watching with disbelief as the normally-efficient Germans find themselves completely incapable of opening the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport. I…
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The Best Part About the New Emirates First Class Is Its Virtual Windows
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I don’t know about you, but when I saw the new Emirates First Class product, I gasped. No, no. I’m not talking about the fully-enclosed suite or the fancy bed or anything like that (though,…
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American’s Rationale For Expanding Basic Economy to Mexico and the Caribbean Sounds Like Garbage, But It’s Probably Not
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Though American and United both began rolling out Basic Economy fares around the same time, United rushed it and made mistakes. American, however, has been more cautious, only introducing it slowly throughout most of the…
