Well, American’s decision is made
walterh They’re going with a mixture of both Airbus and Boeing. Stupid, really, from a purely single-fleet standpoint. I mean Alaska and Southwest, both all Boeing 737, have basically been able…
Hey American Air – How about you buy your namesake?
I had an interaction with user47 on Twitter a couple of weeks ago over this tweet: As you can tell, I wholeheartedly agreed with @user47 – a company like American…
So Alaska Air Wants To Stay Independent
At least according to something the CEO just said. He wants Alaska Air Group to be independent while others consolidate themselves out of existence. I think it’ll happen, but there’s…
Why I think we’ll be saying goodbye to Horizon Air soon
I alluded to this in a previous post, but now wanted to provide the proof/thought behind my reasoning. I’m going to preface this with the fact that I’m a big…
I love this contrast!
I absolutely love watching planes. Their immenseness is just insane, when you think about it. I took this picture as I was boarding AA5046, an Embraer 140 with a Boeing…
It’s all about the customer service
Got good customer service? Think again. Some of the most troublesome conversations that I have had as a traveler have been with American Airline’s Executive Platinum line and AVIS First…
When good business decisions go bad
Usually a company will make a business decision, evaluate, and then implement. I’m going to pick on a company that I personally love, because they are about to do this…
Photographic evidence the airlines are doing better financially
You know the old saying, “when a butterfly farts in Asia, ATC puts Chicago flights on hold”, right? Or something like that. Anyway, I was stuck in Chicago due to…
I know I don’t run an airline…
…and I don’t know all of the regulations that exist country to country about flight termination, carrying within another country, etc. I do know how it works here in the…
Just fitting for AirSnark – Survey of the 11 worst airlines
Oh, what a snarky way to start the morning. Huffington Post has put together a survey of “America’s 11 Worst Airlines” based on the 2010 Airline Quality Ratings. The authors…