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airline loyalty
Delta CEO Interview: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 38
Delta’s new CEO Ed Bastian thinks it’s great that the competition is trying to catch up to Delta in terms of operational performance. He also says, without hesitation, that the…May 4th, 2016
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Alaska Airlines
Southwest and Alaska Outperform: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 37
While Delta, American and United have all seen both revenues and costs dropping, Southwest and Alaska just experienced the opposite in the first quarter. In fact, Southwest and Alaska rode…April 26th, 2016
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Azul
Delta Feels No Pain: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 36
Here’s a simple recipe for success: Make all the right moves in all the right places. Whether overseas or in the U.S., Delta has managed to avoid the pockets of…April 20th, 2016
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Alaska Airlines
Will Virgin and Alaska Be Happy Together? Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 34
Alaska Airlines clearly wants to be the dominant carrier on the West Coast, and if its purchase of Virgin America goes through, it will have four focus cities—Los Angeles, San…April 6th, 2016
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El Al Airlines
Is Virgin Merging With Alaska? Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 33
If the U.S. airline market were to see even more consolidation, what kind of effect would it have? That’s one question we consider in a discussion about the possible acquisition…March 29th, 2016
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Europe
IAG Has all the Right Moves: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 29
IAG, the airline group that includes British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus, is continuing its run of success—a run that probably has peers such as Air France/KLM and Lufthansa…March 2nd, 2016
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Air Canada
The French Correction: Airline Weekly Lounge Episode 28
What’s it gonna take to fix Air France/KLM? The airline group has a number of problems—from labor inflexibility to a soft French economy—all in a very competitive part of the…February 24th, 2016