Recent Articles
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American Walks a Tightrope on Northeast Alliance Messaging, Now Plays Down Its Importance
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Remember the Northeast Alliance (NEA) between American and JetBlue? Of course you do. It was going to create a strong third competitor in the northeast…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Southwest and Alaska Turn a Profit, Frontier’s Sizing May be Off, and More…
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Southwest Turns a Profit, but Less Than Last Year Southwest Airlines Q2 earnings report reflected a net profit of $683 million, a seemingly-tidy sum until…
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United Starts to Follow American by Pulling Fares From Traditional Third Party Channels
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It was probably only a matter of time. After American removed 40 percent of its fares from traditional third-party channels using EDIFACT in April, the…
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Alaska Rolls Into Burbank From San Francisco Now That Southwest is Gone
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When Alaska bought Virgin America, it was all about growing its presence in California, and part of that strategy was growth in intra-California flying. The…
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United Sees Multiple Banks as a Key To Its Pacific Strategy
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Ever since Pan Am announced plans to sell its Pacific routes to United in 1985, United has been the one to beat in the Pacific.…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: United Grows in Asia, American and United are Rolling in Cash, and More
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United No Longer as Vanilla as it Adds Service to Manila United Airlines announced an expansion from the west coast to Asia including becoming the…
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26 Miles Across the Sea by Helicopter to Catalina (Trip Report)
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My daughter wasn’t the only one to get a “Dad Adventure” this summer. My son opted to go visit Catalina Island which is a mere,…
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Norwegian Buys Widerøe, A Very Different Kind of Airline
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As far as mergers go, it’s a seemingly strange one. Low-cost operator Norwegian has announced it will buy Norway’s regional airline, Widerøe. The two airlines…
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A Proposal to Crush Rewards Credit Cards… and Airlines… is Introduced
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If you’ve passed anyone recently who looked sickly and was breathing into a paper bag, there’s a good chance it was a points-and-miles blogger. After…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta Gets Rich, Northern Pacific Gets Started, More
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Delta Sets Record Earnings Delta Air Lines’s Q2 earnings report showed record high revenue and profit, led by a 22% drop in fuel costs and…
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Landline Overcomes Its Biggest Hurdle on American Flights
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From an air service perspective, small cities are screwed. To keep them connected to the rest of the network, we need to do something different.…
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Annoying Delays and Other Fun on United Express to Monterey (Trip Report)
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I try to do a “Dad Adventure” with each of my kids every year. The last one I wrote up here was two years ago…
