Travel gone wrong: Flying to and fro and missing everything along the way
In retrospect, my travel plan for the week looked a bit like something Spalding Smails might have tried to piece together. If everything went to...
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JetBlue hit with DOJ, DOT objections to Spirit buyout
Regulatory approval has been a major concern since the day Spirit Airlines became a takeover target a year ago. Now, seven months after JetBlue won...
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DLD 419: Where are the mascots?
Competing university mascots at an inaugural flight? Sure, why not. It is Delaware, after all.
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DLD 411: Who needs sleep?
Long flights, jet lag, and do pilots need to sleep on a trip, too?
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DLD 410: Many millions of milers
How many million milers is too many? Plus a crazy crash and new transatlantic routes on the horizon.
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Frontier closes a major gap in the GoWild! pass
Just one day after launching the product, however, the airline substantially improved the offering, while also extending the initial pricing discount.
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GoWild! with unlimited* flight pass from Frontier
Frontier Airlines is getting into the subscription flight pass business. The carrier formally launched its GoWild! Pass, touting access to the carrier's entire US route...
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DLD 399: Direct to you
Another airline disappears, but we're still here. You can decide if that's a good trade or not.
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US airlines delivering less efficient operations
A review of employment numbers and schedules suggests the airlines are up to 20% less efficient than in 2019 on a per-employee basis.
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DLD 396: So much revenue, but what about profit?
Airlines raked in revenue in Q2, but not all of them reported a profit. And that raises a lot of bigger picture questions.