Recent Articles
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Marion Blakey Takes On New Role as Captain Obvious
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Marion Blakey, outgoing Grand Poobah at the FAA, gave her farewell speech to the Aero Club this week, and her comments make me throw my…
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Building a Tradition
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Six years later. It’s been especially strange this year as Sept 11 once again falls on a Tuesday, the first time that’s happened since 2001.…
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More NFL Airplane Porn
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They’ve already become the official airline of the Arizona Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles, and now US Airways is celebrating its status as official sponsor…
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Horizon Air Takes on the Slog
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While other airlines are waiting for tax relief to help their short haul flights thrive, Horizon Air has decided to go on the offensive with…
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Sunset
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As you can imagine, yesterday’s post on user fees just about burned me out for the week. I spent hours on Wednesday night getting that…
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More on Taxes and FAA Reauthorization
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Last month, I wrote about the fight over how to fund the FAA in the future. With less than a month to go before the…
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The Latest From Our Good Friends at Alitalia
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Woohoo! It’s time for an Alitalia update. You know how much I love these guys for their incredible ability to do just about everything wrong,…
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More Engineers, Fewer Pilots
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No, I’m not suggesting we replace pilots with the almost-extinct flight engineer. What I am suggesting is that we need a little more love of…
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Spending Time With MAXjet at the LAX Inaugural
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Yesterday was just one of those days when it’s great to be an airline dork. There’s nothing I like more than heading to the airport…
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Brancatelli Bites, US Airways Bites Back
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The other day, USA Today ran a scathing article by Joe Brancatelli regarding US Airways’ transatlantic operation. In a nutshell, it said that the airline’s…
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AirTran Starts in on Milwaukee
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Remember how I said there was no reason AirTran couldn’t try to build up Milwaukee on its own even after failing to take over Midwest?…
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Southwest to Start LAX – SFO
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Southwest finally (re)started flights to San Francisco yesterday with Vegas, Chicago/Midway, and San Diego flights hitting the runway. But that was overshadowed by Southwest’s long-anticipated…
