Southwest announces new routes from Atlanta
The purchase of AirTran by Southwest was, in large part, to gain access to significant gate and slot portfolios at a few major airports where...
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American to launch streaming media service in-flight
American Airlines announced this week that they are extending their partnership with in-flight internet provider Aircell, the company behind the gogo service. There are two main...
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Insight into loyalty programs at the Randy Petersen Travel Executive Summit
Ever wonder what’s going through the minds of the folks running your favorite loyalty programs? Of course; we all do. Ever think you’d see five...
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How the NY Times got it so wrong on airline pricing
Yesterday had a bit of a buzz on the internet regarding a piece about airfare pricing from Nate Silver that was published on his NY...
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AYCJ Day 21: When the terminal is full of friends
Quick trip down to RDU on the books for my AYCJ adventures this week. I showed up at the airport like normal, about an hour...
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Southwest shows AirTran some LUV – $1.4Bn buyout announced
Apparently the airline industry is bored when there isn’t enough merger activity going on. Southwest and AirTran have ramped that pace back up again, with...
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JetBlue to offer awesome in-flight broadband – eventually
JetBlue has made a big splash today with their announcement of an impending in-flight internet offering. The service, leveraging the Ka spectrum of satellite connectivity...
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AirTran makes a play for Milwaukee
AirTran is no stranger to poking fun at other airlines and doing what they can to poach frequent flyers from those carriers. They basically have...
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The actual JetBlue DCA routes
Just announced on the quarterly earnings conference call: 7x daily DCA-BOS 1x daily DCA-FLL 1x daily DCA-MCO That makes a lot more sense than trying...
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Frequent Flyer promos worth noting
I like when the airlines offer frequent flyer promos for a number of reasons. First off, there’s the opportunity to earn a ton of extra...