American sees big boost from Basic Economy fares
Initial results from American's Basic Economy rollout are positive, with a nice boost to the bottom line. Even the competitive advantage of not selling Basic...
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DLD 151: So many misses, most of which are good things
A near miss at SFO is big news this week, as are missed earnings numbers, status matches and an AvGeek tragedy.
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American celebrates a special 75th anniversary with a 777
American Airlines celebrated the 75th workiversary of mechanic Al Blackman with a special aircraft livery and flight-seeing tour above New York City. Pretty cool stuff.
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DLD 150: Two eras ending but plenty of new routes
A(nother) loyalty partnership is dying and IATA admits it is slightly less relevant in one area. But plenty of new stuff coming to keep us...
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Happily booking a "Standard" airline award ticket
Booking a "standard" award ticket and still being happy about the value proposition? Maybe I've gone mad, but it was the right choice this time...
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A bizarre misunderstanding of flight patterns at JFK
Crazy people say crazy things on Twitter all the time. But this one accusing pilots of being drunk for perfectly executing an approach into JFK...
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AA Hawaii laptop incident tied to alcohol, drugs
More details are coming out on the AA laptop incident that ended up with a fighter jet escort to Hawaii last week and, well, there's...
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Cooperation is competition for Delta, Aeromexico
Delta and Aeromexico are finally able to combine operations across the US/Mexico border. The companies will now be the largest carrier in the market and...
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Coach Crunch: Driving or destroying loyalty
As seat pitch continues its crushing press on our knees and souls does loyalty to an airline matter more or less than before? Interesting arguments...
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DLD 138: Na·ive·té
Charter cuts, not Leaving Las Vegas, seat poachers popped and a black hole over North Korea. Plus thoughts on where to go for Holy Week...