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Ryanair Introduces a Thoughtful and Fair Carry-On Bag Fee
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Maybe it’s just that we’re used to having fees slapped on haphazardly here in the US, but I find Ryanair’s effort to effectively introduce a carry-on bag fee quite refreshing. Instead of following the legacy…
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Sun Country Dreams of Chasing Demand Through The Endless Summer
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Last week at the Boyd Conference, Sun Country’s new CEO Jude Bricker had something of a coming out party. We had already heard that the airline wanted to become an Ultra Low Cost Carrier (ULCC),…
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Cranky on the Web: Allegiant’s Growth Hurts Some Small Cities
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Monday is Labor Day (and my 40th birthday as well), so I’m taking the day off. Look for my next post on Tuesday. Allegiant gone, now what – The Vindicator Allegiant had flown to Youngstown,…
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3 Links I Love: Ryanair’s Alitalia Mind Games, Non-Travelers Behind Security, Airport Rises From the Desert
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This week’s featured link: Ryanair to bid for Alitalia’s jets: O’Leary – FlightGlobal On the surface, the idea that Ryanair would want both long and short haul aircraft to operate under the Alitalia brand is…
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Southwest Declares War Against Alaska and Anyone Else Who Wants a Piece of California
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I spent the beginning of this week at the Boyd Conference (aka International Aviation Forecast Summit), and while I was there, war broke out. Fortunately, this one didn’t involve North Korea. Instead it came from…
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‘Aina Momona – Impressions of Moloka‘i (Trip Report)
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It seems strange that a place nicknamed “The Friendly Isle” would have so few people around, but, well, that’s Moloka‘i. With a population of under 8,000, it welcomed a mere 65,000 visitors in 2015. Maui…
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Could Spirit’s Big Front Seat Be a Model for the Industry?
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If you’ve never had the chance to fly Spirit’s Big Front Seat, you might be surprised to hear that it’s probably one of the best values in flying today. It’s also an incredibly unique product…
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3 Links I Love: Bad Near-Miss Reaction, Ryanair Wants airberlin, Making the Eclipse Flight Happen
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This week’s featured link: Editorial: Air Canada, FAA hindered investigation of SFO near-miss – East Bay Times How in the world does a near-miss like the one at SFO not trigger drug/alcohol tests and capture…
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Sun Country Plans to Go ULCC While Others Question Whether That Model Can Work for Any Airline
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When Jude Bricker was brought in as the new CEO of Sun Country, I assumed a move toward his roots at ultra low cost carrier (ULCC) Allegiant was in the cards. A recent memo he…
