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Reviewing Your 2023 Predictions and Making Your 2024 Picks
It’s the most wonderul time of the year… when we get to go over all your predictions from last year and see how you did. Of course, we need to remember that when you all wrote down your predictions last year,…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: DOJ & JetBlue Wrap Up Trial, AA AAppeals, and More…
JetBlue, DOJ Case Goes to Judge Both sides in the case between JetBlue and the DOJ gave their closing arguments this week with the case now in the hands of U.S. District Judge William Young. As the case wraps up,…
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Frontier Blames Leisure Market Capacity Growth for Its Revenue Problems
Frontier announced its Q3 earnings last week, and while it wasn’t nearly as bad as Spirit, Frontier did not do well. The airline had a -5.1 pre-tax margin on plunging revenue numbers. And while there are several things being blamed,…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta is Printing Money, AA’s Maine Focus
Delta’s Q3 Profit Exceeds $1 Billion Delta’s Q3 earnings report was released this week and the carrier posted a record profit of a whopping $1.1 billion on $14.55 billion in gross revenue during the always-successful summer quarter. The profit is…
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Regionals Are So Desperate for Captains, Mesa Will Pay Anyone $20,000 to Find One
We all know that regional airlines have struggled to attract enough pilots to keep their operations running over the last couple years. Many have failed to fulfill their obligations and have parked airplanes outright. They’ve jacked up pay, added huge…
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United Sees Multiple Banks as a Key To Its Pacific Strategy
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. Over the years, the strategy has evolved, and now United is evolving once again. It…
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Norwegian Buys Widerøe, A Very Different Kind of Airline
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 make quite the odd couple, though there is some rationale behind the proposed tie-up. I’m…
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A Closer Look at American’s Transatlantic Operation at JFK
The Northeast Alliance (NEA) between American and JetBlue was supposed to do a lot to solve American’s troubles in the New York City area as a distant competitor behind Delta and United. Part of this plan was bolstering the domestic…
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JetBlue Wisely Walks Away From the NEA, But This Partnership Isn’t Dead Yet
The NEA is dead! Long live the NEA! Despite JetBlue’s announcement yesterday that it had “initiated the termination” of the NEA between it and American — deciding not to appeal the judge’s ruling that blocked the cooperation — the door…
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How JFK Changed for American and JetBlue in the Northeast Alliance
Just last week I took a look at how American and JetBlue had changed their presence at New York’s LaGuardia airport once they entered into the Northeast Alliance (NEA). Today, let’s hop on the Van Wyck and take a look…
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How LaGuardia Changed for American and JetBlue With the Northeast Alliance
As we all wait to figure out whether the Northeast Alliance (NEA) between American and JetBlue will survive in some form after last month’s devastating ruling, I decided to take a look at just how the airlines’ networks have been…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: American to Appeal, Frontier Eyes NYC, More
AAmericAAn PrepAAres AAppeal on AAlliAAnce Decision American CEO Robert Isom announced the carrier would move forward with an appeal on its loss in court on its Northeast Alliance with JetBlue Airways. JetBlue has yet to comment on whether or not…