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Cranky on the Web: When to Fly With Kids, Remaking ATPCO
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The Best Age for Your Child to Get a Smartphone and Experience 11 Other Milestones – Reader’s Digest It was quite a blast of nostalgia to get a request from Reader’s Digest. I can’t say…
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3 Links I Love: Airbus and the Bullshit Castle, Ode to the 747, Frontier Cuts
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This week’s featured link: Airbus Corruption Scandal May Lead Straight to the Top – Der Spiegel The language is a bit stilted, but this very lengthy exposé dives into the messy world of bribery and…
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Southwest Officially Announces It’ll Eventually Fly to Some Airport in Hawai’i By 2019
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Since the dawn of time, people have wondered when Southwest would start flying to Hawai’i. Now we finally know…ish, but we don’t know much. Last night, Southwest’s non-announcement merely confirmed what everyone knew was going…
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Ryanair Has Really Created a Mess For Itself
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In the last month, Ryanair has greatly tarnished its image as a reliable operator thanks to a pilot vacation-scheduling snafu. It’s been quite the black eye for an airline that has run such a consistently…
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Bankruptcy Bites: Monarch and airberlin Make Life Miserable for Travelers
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I’ve been watching as some weaker European airlines have fallen like dominoes over the last few months, and it’s striking to me how different their insolvencies have been handled thanks to varying bankruptcy laws. Americans…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest Shifts From the 737-300 to the MAX
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Max 8 a jumbo upgrade for Southwest Airlines – Houston Chronicle The last week has been a huge change for Southwest. First it retired its final two-plus dozen 737-300s and then it started 737 MAX…
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3 Links I Love: Operation Care-Lift, OneJet in Milwaukee, Throwing Money into Meridiana
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This week’s featured link: Operation Care-Lift: Spirit, Lufthansa Technik Team Up For Puerto Rico Relief Flights: A First Person Account Onboard – Airways What a great story that really came out of nothing but a…
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United Wants to Grow at LAX, But There’s Not Much Room… For Anyone
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There are two big trends in airlines these days. The first is to start an ill-conceived subsidiary with an annoying single-word name and waste a bunch of time and money on it. The second is…
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If This is How US Trade Law Is Supposed to Work, Then I’m Not a Fan
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219.63% If the decision from the Department of Commerce goes final, that’s the amount of the countervailing duty (CVD) that an American-based airline would need to pay on top of the purchase price if it…
