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American and United Fight to See Who Can Lose More Money in Small Cities
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With international markets looking weaker for a variety of reasons, the US legacy carriers have turned their focus inward to domestic markets where fewer airlines and less capacity growth makes for a very attractive situation.…
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If You Thought the Alaska/Virgin America Merger Was Anti-Competitive, Take a Look at San Francisco
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I can’t recall anyone outside of the federal government thinking that the Alaska/Virgin America merger was in any way anti-competitive, but all you need to do is look at the new routes being rolled out…
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Cranky on the Web: 20 Questions with Cranky, American’s Boarding Process, 2016 Ops
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I forgot to post these last week, so here’s two week’s worth of stuff. 20 questions with The Cranky Flier (Brett Snyder) – Wade Patterson/steemit I was asked if I would be willing to answer…
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3 Links I Love: Boeing’s MoM Gets a Boost, JetBlue Feels Pain in Atlanta, More on the Port Authority Scandal
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This week’s featured link: United Looks at Boeing’s ‘Paper Plane’ and Likes What It Sees – Bloomberg Bloomberg has been cranking out some interesting pieces lately. It’s no surprise this one came from Julie Johnsson,…
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Fun with Photos of Qatar’s Impressive New QSuite Business Class
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Qatar Airways has long been promising that it would roll-out a world-changing, amazing, industry-leading new business class. After much delay, that day came yesterday with the announcement of the QSuite. With so much build-up, is…
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The Airlines Will Never Get Boarding Right, But They Could If They Charged for Carry-Ons
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Since the dawn of time (or something like that), airlines have struggled to find the best way to board their airplanes. I can’t count the number of different efforts that have been made. Heck, we’ve…
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In the Great 2017 Mexico City Slot Giveaway, Alaska, JetBlue, Southwest, and Volaris are the Victors
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After the US and Mexico agreed to an open skies agreement for travel between the two countries, Delta and Aeromexico wasted no time filing for an immunized joint venture that would allow them to share…
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3 Links I Love: Avianca Drama, Buffett on His Airline Purchases, United’s New Way of Serving Venezuela
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This week’s featured link: United-Avianca Deal Becomes Target of Lawsuit by Kingsland – Bloomberg Avianca has been desperately looking for new investors, and United has the inside track. But the former owners of TACA (who…
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United’s Big Summer Expansion Confirms Its Focus on Connecting Traffic
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When Scott Kirby left American to take over as President of United, he noted that United needed to do a better job of attracting connecting traffic. This week, United put out a big summer expansion…
