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International airline alliances in the spotlight
I’ve done several off-blog items on the subject of international airline alliances lately. Here they are: The Airplane Geeks podcast with Max and Court A guest post on the Cranky Flier An IAG po… more →
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International airline alliances in the spotlight
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Evan Sparks wrote 7 months ago: I’ve done several off-blog items on the subject of international airline alliances lately. Her … more →
Expand Heathrow
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Evan Sparks wrote 11 months ago: The Financial Times reports on government findings that one-third of London Heathrow Airport’s … more →
ATA conference call on airlines' environmental performance
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Since fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions correlate nearly exactly, U.S. airlines have a f … more →
"Wild times": Southwest's Gary Kelly announces service to MSP, discusses challenges in airline industry
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Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Southwest Airlines chairman, president, and CEO Gary Kelly announces new Southwest service to Minnea … more →
Thought leaders on aviation trends
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: From left: Tom Parsons, Randy Petersen, Terry Trippler, Peter Greenberg, and Rick Seaney DALLAS … more →
"Stop Oil Speculation Now" won't make oil cheaper
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: I’m going to resist the airline lobby’s link bait for their Stop Oil Speculation Now web … more →
Deregulation "clearly, definitely" a good idea: an interview with Alfred Kahn
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Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Sorry for the light posting around here. I’ve been working on some major writing projects that … more →
Of course IATA wants to have it both ways
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: The International Air Transport Association, the worldwide trade association for airlines, issued th … more →
Shame as a public policy tool
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Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Today I’m reading Grounded: Frank Lorenzo and the Destruction of Eastern Airlines, an on-the-g … more →
Don't kill the short hop
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Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Ryan Avent writes: I like the comment that short flights congest airports as much as long ones. I’m … more →
Rethinking small community air service
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: In a post several months ago, I wrote that the rigid Essential Air Service crowds out better, more f … more →
Pension protection debate holds up FAA bill
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: The House’s version of the FAA reauthorization bill has been on the Senate floor for the past … more →
Airline regulation revisionists face the wrath of Kahn
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Alfred Kahn, the eminent economist and chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board who oversaw airline d … more →
The more things change. . . .
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: In 1929, Juan Trippe, president of Pan American Airways, was competing for the lucrative airmail con … more →
The toxic tango of United and US Airways
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Now that Continental has turned down suitor United, the latter is weighing a desperation move: mergi … more →
FAAilure of leadership
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Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: As I’ve written before, the failure of the FAA in the Southwest Airlines case and elsewhere se … more →
Merger myths busted
Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Over at Things with Wings, Hubert Horan has a list of merger myths being floated by those with a nar … more →
Between now and not yet in air traffic control
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Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: From the comments on this post: there’s a vigorous debate going on about whether some form of … more →
Politicians trying to get a piece of the merger action
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Evan Sparks wrote 1 year ago: Ben Mutzabaugh reports that politicians are wasting no time trying to horn in on the merger discussi … more →
