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United’s Hiring of Former American CCO Is Wise, Not Spite
You may have heard that news that former American Chief Commercial Officer Vasu Raja has been hired by United Airlines to temporarily run its Kinective Media group as part of a larger shake-up in loyalty. The reaction to this and…
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Reviewing Your 2025 Predictions and Making Your 2026 Picks
Happy new year, everybody! It’s true there are a few days left for your predictions to come true, but let’s stick with the idea that things won’t change between now and then. On that note, let’s see how you did…
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United Puts the MAX to Work on New Europe Flying
Remember when the idea of seeing a B737 from a US airline in Europe seemed impossible? Well, that is changing as United has now announced its first route to mainland Europe with a B737-8 MAX to a city you’ve probably…
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Austin Growth Highlights Differences Between Cautious Delta and Frenzied American
Delta last week announced it would continue its slow growth of Austin as a focus city, adding three new destinations while cutting one as it looks to cement its position as a clear number two behind Southwest. This, of course,…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: Putting the Bay Back in Oakland, Silver Might be Gold Again
We’re coming to you one day early this week, because nobody wants to work on Independence Day. I mean, come on. We have hot dogs to grill. But we’re actually extending this celebration through the next week when Brett is…
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Spirit Strangely Eliminates a Fare Bundle, Renames the Others
Sometimes watching Spirit work feels like watching someone rearrange deck chairs on the Titanic. The recent announcement that the airline would be renaming its fare bundles felt like yet another prime example until I looked deeper. There is some substance…
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Spirit Objects to the United/JetBlue Partnership, Tells DOT to Act
United and JetBlue carefully crafted their Blue Sky partnership to avoid any regulatory concerns. The airlines aren’t codesharing, there is no pricing or schedule coordination, and in general, they’ve followed the guidance that the judge who shot down the Northeast…
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Delta Loses Its Interisland Partner in Hawaiʻi, And It Has No Options
Delta quietly posted on its airline partner page that its loyalty partnership with Hawaiian Airlines will be ending on June 30. This is no surprise, but it would seemingly put a little hole in Deltaʻs network. Or does it? Interisland…
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The Times They Are a Changin’: Anatomy of a Schedule Change
Over Memorial Day weekend, American filed its “overlay” for post-Labor Day travel through September. This is the schedule the airline intends to fly, fixing the existing placeholder schedule which had been in place in some form since those travel dates…
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Silver was Bought by Wexford for Cheap, But It Still Won’t Bother Flying
Wexford Capital is back, and that’s a name you might remember from the past. The company is a bottom-feeding private equity investment firm that has put money into a variety of airlines when they’re bankrupt or restructuring. They’ve now one…
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Piedmont Escapes Death Once Again as American Doles Out Embraer 175s
Piedmont has long seemed like an airline living on borrowed time. For years it was the airline flying the smallest and least desirable fleets. On more than one occasion, it seemed like its time was up, but it never was.…
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With the New Terminal Opening in San Diego, Alaska and Southwest Prepare for Battle
You know that I love watching the drama between United and American in Chicago, but get ready for a new favorite battle: San Diego. Both Alaska and Southwest appear ready to fight as the new terminal prepares to open. Alaska…