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Arizona Republic Interviews Doug Parker
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Back on December 29, the Arizona Republic published an interview with Doug Parker. The interview was conducted by one of my favorite airline reporters, Dawn Gilbertson, and it naturally focuses on the proposed US Airways/Delta…
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Time to Eat Crow – L’Avion Takes Flight
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It wasn’t even a month ago that I expressed a complete lack of confidence that L’Avion, the new French all-business class airline, would get off the ground by the end of the year as they…
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United Mercifully Axes Cruises
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I believe congratulations are due to United for finally putting United Cruises out of its misery. Anyone with a Mileage Plus account who receives email communication has seen the countless United Cruise email promotions flooding…
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Fewer Than Average Accidents in 2006
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The Aviation Safety Network put out their annual report (PDF) on aviation accidents in 2006, and the numbers were thankfully lower than average. This is always an interesting study, so let’s dig right in. There…
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Worst Airline in the World 2006
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I must admit that I’m a big fan of Countdown with Keith Olbermann. So, I’ve decided to take a page from his playbook for my final post of 2006. Without any further delay, I present…
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Air Madrid, Airlines We Lost, Australian, BWIA, Centavia, Faroejet, Hooters Air, Independence, OZjet, Song, Styrian Spirit
Airlines We Lost in 2006
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As in most years, there were a whole slew of airlines that went under in 2006. There were large ones and small ones, old ones and new ones. Some of them were well known while…
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Housekeeping and Strange Feeds
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I’ve been doing some housekeeping by transferring my images to a different location for all previous posts, and that has caused my RSS feed to go a little crazy. See, each time I save the…
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Slappy McSlapper
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It’s a sad, sad day when a drunk guy gets cut off. It’s even more sad when the genius tries to show his displeasure by smacking a fellow passenger. Amazingly, this is exactly what happened…
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The Freedoms of the Air
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When I get into dork mode, I often start speaking in crazy airline language that few of my friends understand. One of the things that has confused many a person over the years is my…
