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Reviewing 2014 Operational Performance: Delta is the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion
As we get toward the end of the year, I thought it would be fun to dig in to airline operational data and see just what kind of year everyone has had. Using the data from masFlight.com, I pulled together…
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How Southwest Tanked Its Operational Performance… And Then Took a Year to Fix It
In early 2013, Southwest realized that demand was strong. Faced with a set number of airplanes, it had two choices. It could keep flying its existing schedule or it could push itself and squeeze more flights into the system. It…
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An In-Depth Look at How Airlines Handled the Weather in New York and Chicago
I’ve had a few notes and comments come in regarding how one airline handled the bad weather last week versus another airline. There’s no question that the airlines handled things differently, and for that reason, I thought it would be…
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Breaking Down the DOJ’s Weak Objections to the American/US Airways Merger
I didn’t get into specifics in my post about the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filing suit to block the American/US Airways merger yesterday, but today it’s time to dig in. In the 56-page complaint filed by DOJ, there is…
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SFO Needs to Be Fixed One Way or Another
With 2012 over, it’s fun to look back on performance statistics to see what stands out. For me, it’s SFO and its lagging on time performance that once again sticks out like a sore thumb. I’ve long felt that it…
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Southwest Continues Cutting Atlanta, Delta Must Be Thrilled
Remember when Southwest announced it was taking over AirTran and people immediately thought Delta was in trouble in Atlanta? Hah. Yeah, right. I’d say the opposite is true. Delta must absolutely love Southwest for how much it has cut back…
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Spirit Chooses Delays Over Cancellations and Missed Connections
Last week I wrote about Spirit’s flagging on time performance. Shortly after, I had a call with the airline’s Chief Operating Officer, Tony Lefebvre, to discuss what was happening. After talking to him, I got together with the masFlight guys…
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Spirit and Allegiant Have On Time Performance Problems
It turns out United isn’t the only airline suffering from poor on time performance these days. Spirit hasn’t had more than 70 percent of flights arrive on time since April while Allegiant seems to be in the same boat. That’s…
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Some of Last Year’s SCASD Winners Have Seen Success
It looks like this has turned into Small Community Air Service Development (SCASD) week here on the blog. Monday, I looked at the winners of the 2012 grants that I liked. Tuesday I looked at the ones I didn’t like.…
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United’s Operation is a Mess and It’s Not Improving
If you saw the latest Department of Transportation report card for June travel, you would have seen a lot of good news. There has been plenty of reporting about how on time performance is up, mishandled bags are down, and…
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United’s Reservation System Switch Goes Well With Only Minor Glitches
If you believed the headlines, you’d think that United had melted down over the weekend when it finally retired its Apollo computer reservation system in favor of a version of Continental’s SHARES system to form one airline from the customer…