Too many award seats? Alaska Airlines says whoopsie!
Does a merger integration still count as wildly successful if it hurts revenues to the tune of 1.5% for 9ish months? Alaska Airlines' PSS integration...
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Alaska Airlines dumps Dallas-Washington, DC/New York City routes
Alaska Airlines is pulling the plug on Virgin America's mid-continent hub at Dallas's Love Field; routes to NYC's LaGuardia and Wasington, DC's Reagan National are...
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Gilat goes cuckoo for Ku-Ka
One antenna kit to handle connections to multiple satellite networks sounds like a great idea. Gilat now has one on offer but there's just one...
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DLD 177: A super jumbo lifesaver
The A380 gets a new order and Airbus gets some additional action in China. Also, new rules for service animals, new liveries, new routes and...
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Chester flies on an Airbus
The end is nigh for the Virgin America livery. Alaska Airlines' famed Eskimo "Chester" now adorns the tail of an Airbus A320. This merger and...
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Free Gogo coming for top Air Canada elites
Loyalty can earn you free wifi on your next Air Canada flight. The carrier teamed up with inflight connectivity provider Gogo to offer top-tier elites...
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Stock swap: Delta, Virgin Atlantic, Air France/KLM making moves on each other
Competition takes a hit across the Atlantic as Delta brings its partners tighter together. Lots of money and ownership shuffling around and could the Virgin...
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Airbus takes hits from Alaska, United
Tough love or tough luck? Either way, both Alaska Airlines and United Airlines delivered some bad news to Airbus this week about future orders from...
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DLD 140: Insert Title Here
Lots of topics this week but no title for the show…hopefully you're willing to listen anyways.
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Consolidation (and questions) at JFK for Alaska Airlines, Virgin America
Alaska Airlines and Virgin America are set to consolidate operations at JFK Airport, including a new lounge and better partner connections. But some of the...