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Airlines We Lost 2017
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It is that time once again where I pause to remember all the airlines that flew off into the desert this year, never to take to the skies again. It’s a motley group this time…
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Cranky on the Web: What’s On Your Boarding Pass?
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Your boarding pass does contain information about you, but whether it can be used for evil is another question – Los Angeles Times It was fun sitting with the author poring over her boarding pass…
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3 Links I Love: Idiocy in Kansas City, The Supersonic Dilemma, Another 747 Tribute
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This week’s featured link: Now what? KC Council’s airport vote creates chaos and betrays voters – The Kansas City Star Do you hate local government? Here’s a story for you. If you recall, the good…
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American Significantly Increases Coach Award Space On Connecting Flights
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At media day earlier this year, American admitted that it needed to loosen up on award availability. The airline has recently, quietly, done just that but only on connecting flights. Weird? It may seem that…
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My Life on a 747
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As anyone who happens to be flying to or through Atlanta this week knows, it has not been a good week for Delta. The Sunday power outage in Atlanta forced airlines to cancel hundreds of…
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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…
