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Sun Country’s New CEO Could Remake the Airline, If Things Go Well
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Unless you live in Minneapolis, there’s a good chance you don’t even know the name Sun Country. But sure enough, after more than 30 years and several ownership changes, the airline continues to fly. It’s…
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Cranky on the Web: Buying Seats So They Can Be Resold
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United considers a new system to resell your seat for a higher price – CNN.com There seems to be a lot of interest in this new United test I wrote about on Thursday. As this…
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3 Links I Love: Banning Filming On Airplanes, GLO Shuts Down, Israel and Saudi Arabia Warm Up
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This week’s featured link: Fliers’ right to video gets push from recent airline incidents – Atlanta Journal-Constitution There’s a very interesting case brewing around the idea of whether or not people have the right to…
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Why United Might Like to Pay You in Advance to Take a Different Flight
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Bloomberg published an article yesterday about a little test United is said to be running that will pay people to give up a seat on a flight several days in advance. If you just read…
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All Eyes on Argentina (Hopefully to See Something Good)
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It’s not often that a highly-protectionist regime disappears leaving vast opportunities for air travel growth, but that’s what we’re seeing in Argentina right now. That’s good news is many ways, but it’s also going to…
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American and Alaska Start Behaving More Like Competitors as Partner Ties Loosen
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Remember how concerned the Department of Justice (DOJ) was about the American partnership reducing competition if Alaska and Virgin America were allowed to merge? Well, that was wrong. The merger has only helped to stoke…
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3 Links I Love: United’s Forced Lap Child, You Aren’t an Expert, and Airport Code Origin Stories
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This week’s featured link: United Airlines takes seat away from child on Houston flight, forces him to sit on his mother’s lap – Houston Chronicle I mean… I just…. If your child is one day…
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US Eschews Sensible Risk-Based Security in Favor of Broad-Based Insanity
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Nearly everyone is aware of the large electronics ban (aka the laptop ban) that went into place earlier this year for flights from several Middle Eastern countries to the US. At the time, the justification…
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United Makes a Partial Move Toward Dynamic Award Pricing On November 1
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Happy 4th of July to all my American readers. There will be no post tomorrow since I’ll be busy stuffing myself with hot dogs. I’ll be back as usual on Thursday. — For bookings beginning…
