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Qatar Plans to Kill Alitalia With Aggressive Growth at the Newly-Christened Air Italy
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It’s on. Etihad tried to remake Alitalia from the Worst Airline Ever into something amazing. That didn’t work. Now, Qatar Airways seems to have said, to borrow an overused meme, “Oh yeah? Hold my beer.”…
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3 Links I Love: Frontier’s Ever-Changing Network, Boeing Targets the A330neo, Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum
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This week’s featured link: Travelers air frustration over changes by Frontier Airlines – Newsday Frontier is exceedingly quick at moving in and out of markets if they don’t work well. There is always backlash, and…
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Air Canada’s Basic Economy Introduction Shows How a Even a Slightly Smoother Booking Process Makes A Big Difference
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Following in the footsteps of its American counterparts, Air Canada has decided to join the Basic Economy club on some domestic Canadian routes. Ok, actually, it’s Economy Basic because, well, I guess Canadians need to…
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Norwegian’s Awful 2017 Shows Mounting Challenges to the Business
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I may not cover earnings reports all that often here, but when one comes out that’s as bad as Norwegian’s, I take notice. Norwegian spent 2017 floundering as it has done for years, but 2017…
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3 Links I Love: The Tale of the Mighty Seat Belt, Norwegian Hunts for Business Travelers, Lufthansa’s Two-Color Confusion
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Decoding the Design of In-Flight Seat Belts – Atlas Obscura It takes skill to make an airplane seat belt into an interesting story, but Atlas Obscura did a great job of doing just that. Try…
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Sampling American’s Completely Unnecessary Yet Oddly Appealing Flagship Dining Experience
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I really don’t care about airline lounges. Sure, I’ll gladly check one out when given the opportunity just out of curiosity, but as long as there’s wifi and a power outlet, I’m generally more comfortable…
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JetBlue’s Weak Operational Performance Impacts More Than Just the Northeast
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When I looked at 2017 operational performance earlier this year, I told you I was going to drill down a bit on some of the problem children. My first victim airline is JetBlue. I had…
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With Four More Tokyo/Haneda Slots, Delta Could Pull Out of Its Ever-Shrinking Narita Hub Entirely
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If you like the game “death by a thousand cuts,” then you’ll love what Delta has been doing at Tokyo’s Narita Airport. With the creation of the joint venture with Korean and the opening up…
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Cranky on the Web: Frontier’s New Cities
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Frontier Airlines to start service from BHM – Birmingham Business Journal This was a rather strange discussion, because the reporter knew that Frontier was announcing Birmingham but it was still on embargo and couldn’t tell…
