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It’s a day ending in “y” so nobody should be surprised that United CEO Scott Kirby is making news once again. This time, he’s talking about how American de-hubbing O’Hare would actually be great news for the people of Chicagoland. It may sound crazy, but he’s right… as long as you count “great news” to...
United Adds All the Destinations United Airlines has made its summer route announcements into an annual thing, and the airline did not disappoint this year. At a fancy unveiling in Newark, the carrier announced ten new international destinations, which feature eight places not currently served by any U.S. airline. All
After writing up my recent 14-hour delay on Hawaiian, GS left a comment asking about the average length of delay for each airline as opposed to just the percentage that are delayed. At the time, I responded “it’s a pretty large and annoying project” for me to pull all those flight-level details, but then I..
Listen on Spotify Listen on Apple Podcasts You want more on American? Brian Sumers and I go in-depth this week on the airline’s recent organization changes, the addition of premium seats, and finally bringing back in-seat video. Listen in now. It’s definitely a choice for American to announce its summer 2027 plans two
I was solo on the podcast again this week, but instead of a guest host, I interviewed Southwest COO Andrew Watterson. Yes, he was on the show earlier this year, but a lot has happened since then. Tune in to hear about how the airline is going to fix its on-time problem, what the plans...
It turns out that regional powerhouse airBaltic has been having a tough time lately. Because of that, the airline is going to shrink and shuffle its priorities. They can spin this however they’d like, but the reality is that winter is just terrible for European airlines, and that is the crux of the issue here....
United loves a big summer announcement, and sometimes it doesn’t live up to the very high levels of hype. But this year? It not only lives up to the hype, but it exceeds it. United is putting its XLRs to good use, but it’s doing a whole lot more than that as it continues to...
I’m back from vacation, and as tempting as it was to write up my trip report straight away thanks to a 14-hour delay to kick things off, there was news from while I was gone that I want to talk about first. American, now finally trying to fix itself, made some moves in the management...
Air Canada goes Private Equity Air Canada is selling a 25% stake in its Aeroplan loyalty program to a group of well-intentioned and customer-loving individuals from Blackstone and Canadian pension fund La Caisse for a cool $2 billion. This puts the valuation of the program(me) at $8 billion, which its awfully high when
Allegiant’s Revenue and Profit Was Up Allegiant finally announced its Q2 earnings, and the carrier posted $158 million in EBITDA in its first earnings since the close of its merger with Sun Country on May 13. The two carriers combined for $943.5 million in operating revenue, including $776 million for Allegiant alone,
With Cranky Dorkfest coming up, and the waitlist for the LAX ramp visit growing, I’ve been asked by some how they could have learned about the event more quickly. The simple answer is that there are two options, and one of them just became more useful. Subscribing used to be just a single email in...
Remember that saga from earlier this year where I had a tough time using my Alaska/Hawaiian companion fare but finally got it worked out? That was for a long-planned family vacation in HawaiÊ»i. Yes, I was just there a month earlier, but that was for work. I know, you’re thinking, “this’ll be another boring Hawaiian...
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