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3 Links I Love: MAX 10 Problems, Annoyed Matilda, Flat Beds in Asia
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This Week’s Featured Link Boeing 737-10 Faces Critical Certification Deadline – Airways MagThis seems… not great. Tweet of the Week Two for the Road Response of Waltzing Matilda Aviation, LLC to the Department’s Request for…
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Yes Fares Will Rise, But Only if Demand Grows or Capacity Falls
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I’ve heard the question from friends, media, colleagues… will fares rise because of rising oil prices? The answer is… they shouldn’t in the short term. In the long run, probably, but it remains to be…
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Essential Air Service Takes a Beating With SkyWest Cuts
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Last week, SkyWest filed with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to end service to 29 cities under the Essential Air Service program. It’s not that the subsidies weren’t working, but rather it’s because when you…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Russia Invades Ukraine
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Cranky Talk – Russia Invades Ukraine We did things a bit different this week. We started recording last week, and then we realized things were changing so fast in the Russia/Ukraine situation that we just…
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3 Links I Love: Russia Steals Airplanes, Sun Country Quality, Avelo Adds Two, ANA Confusion
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This Week’s Featured Link Owners Fear Planes ‘Are Gone Forever’ After Russia Shields Them From Seizure – BloombergIt is not a great time to be an aircraft lessor… or an investor in an aircraft lessor.…
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Breeze Reveals Its First A220 Routes, and I Was Wrong
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Last week I built up the case for Breeze’s presumed use of the A220 on long-haul from Hartford. The first routes are now out, and… oops. I assume Breeze will eventually do Hartford long-haul, but…
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Frontier and Spirit Both March on Atlanta
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With Spirit and Frontier coming together, everyone has focused on all the similarities… and to be fair, there are many. But the differences are also very telling. There is no place more interesting to see…
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WestJet Moves Into a New Business Once Again With Sunwing Acquisition
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It may not have the blockbuster heft of a Frontier/Spirit merger, but last week WestJet announced it would acquire Sunwing north of the border. I was convinced that WestJet had already moved into too many…
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Cranky on the Web: Sabre and Russia Take Center Stage
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Russia’s largest airline yanked from global reservation systems – CNN Sabre Ends Distribution of Aeroflot Flights in Travel Tech Retreat From Russia – Skift Remember the pandemic? Nobody else does either now that we have…
