In yesterday’s discussion about Hawaiian’s planned replacement for the B717 on interisland trips, I mentioned how Southwest uses a model that flows airplanes from the mainland into the interisland operation. Today, I’m going to look more closely at how that is constructed. Southwest started flying interisland in April of 2019 with the B737-800, but that...
Linda Hyde es una americana que suele volar con Southwest, la mayor low cost del mundo. A ella le acaba de ocurrir algo único que ha contado al Miami Herald y que ha recogido Simple Flying (Southwest: enfado del cliente, alegría del inversor). Linda voló con Southwest, como hace con frecuencia, para descubrir una nueva […]
In what is probably a dramatic understatement, Southwest has faced a great deal of change over the last couple of years. I don’t need to rehash all the gory details, but this is an airline that has felt like it has been in transition since Gary Kelly stepped down as CEO in 2022 and Bob...
“A rey muerto, rey puesto”. No ha pasado ni un mes del cierre de Spirit y ya todas sus rutas, sobre todo las rentables, han sido completamente cubiertas (Spirit deja de volar). JetBlue y Breeze son las mayores beneficiadas, pero también Delta, United, American y Southwest se han llevado parte de la tarta. De las […]
You may not love Starlink, but it’s arriving at American Airlines and will hopefully boost the speed of its inflight Wi-Fi. Per 9to5Mac, American Airlines will be upgrading more than 500 of its airplies with Starlink internet, which will become available in Q1 2027. The airline stated that the network, which is powered by “thousands […]
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A writer experienced everything in spring: supernatural plants, chronic illness and a multi-generational curse called climate change.
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I’ve been so focused on Spirit lately, I’ve been neglecting some of the broader industry stories. With Frontier having finally reported its Q1 earnings last week, I decided to take a closer look at revenue and profit performance since all airlines have been crowing about just how great demand has been. While everyone did better...
A Q&A with the New Mexico Reforestation Center director about what it takes to replant a burn scar post-wildfire.
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When I wrote about my recent trip on Southwest, the comment section had plenty of discussion around the problem of the Southwest B737-700. Of Southwest’s ~800-strong fleet of airplanes, there are still about 300 B737-700s. Those airplanes are not getting retrofitted with new seats, power, etc, and that seems like a problem for an airline...
It had to happen sometime. Eventually, I would fly on the new Southwest and have my assigned seat all ready to go. That time came when I did a trip to Las Vegas for an Embraer event. And you know what? I got the new experience on the way out and it was pretty, pretty...
SAS ya ha reducido vuelos porque no tiene seguro del precio de combustible y está hoy pagando su consumo a precio de mercado, imposible a todas luces. Air Baltic también está afectada. Norwegian, en cambio, tiene seguro, pero sólo por el 45 por ciento (Viraje de Ryanair: no descarta subir precios por la guerra). El […]
Well, that was quick. After just over two months of having assigned seating onboard, Southwest has decided to revert back to its old open seating model. This is obviously a big change, but the rationale behind it makes sense considering this is an airline that has lived off generating free publicity over the last year...
During the pandemic, Southwest had a plan. It thought it could reliably serve the primary airport in cities where it already had a massive presence at a secondary airport. It started up Chicago/O’Hare and restarted Houston/IAH to complement the Midway and Hobby hubs respectively. IAH went away back in 2024, but O’Hare soldiered on… until...
States’ stalemate persists as Lake Powell races toward de facto deadpool.
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The newest Olympic winter sport arrives just as snow droughts are becoming more likely.
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En medio del glamour de los cruceros, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings es la oveja negra. Simplemente porque no gana dinero que es lo que quiere el accionista. Mucho renombre, pero poca caja. Por eso, durante 2025 sus acciones cayeron un 13 por ciento mientras sus competidores, Royal Caribbean o Carnival, le sacan distancia en todo […]
Experience Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo, Texas and the spray paint classic Cadillacs at this iconic Route 66 stop. A quirky, free art attraction you can’t miss.