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BREAKING: @iam751 approves contract. Strike ends.

The Air Show is back! This week, @jonostrower, @BrianSumers, and I talk about the revolutionary war... but also, the brewing Breeze/Avelo/JetBlue/others battle in Connecticut. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

"I have never seen airline executives as angry as they are right now...there's absolutely nothing they can do about it except complain." The Airline Observer's editor, @BrianSumers, on the aviation industry's ongoing supply chain issues.

Want to understand why American Airlines' Vasu Raja just got canned? This May 2 episode of The Air Show with @briansumers, @crankyflier and I breaks it all down: "...how much patience does Robert Isom have for this strategy? Vasu owns this, right?" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

To go along with this deep feature from @theaircurrent, @BrianSumers and made Embraer and its next airplane project the topic of our most recent episode of the The Air Show podcast. Dive in. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

It's not just Boeing causing aviation havoc. This is the best explanation of the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine mess that have hamstrung Spirit, JetBlue and others: From: @jonostrower @crankyflier @BrianSumers podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

The Air Show episode 5 is here: A tale of (my) two cities. A fun one as we dive into Boston and Seattle with lots of number crunching from @crankyflier. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

The third episode of The Air Show with @crankyflier, @BrianSumers and our amazing producer @sarafay just dropped. It's simply titled The Boeing Episode open.spotify.com/show/6I0kcA…

Our newest episode of The Air Show is up and this week, @BrianSumers, @jonostrower, and I tackle @JetBlue and its strategic issues. Listen wherever you get your pods... Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/6I0kcA… Apple - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

So @crankyflier @BrianSumers and I decided to put our aviation brains together: We're excited to launch The Air Show, a new podcast on the business of the sky. A very special thanks to our launch partners @INTELSAT & @plusgrade for giving us our wings. open.spotify.com/show/6I0kcA…

Great analysis via The Airline Observer @BrianSumers: "As for the deal, I like it. Hawaiian has been overmatched, and in an industry in which size and scale mean everything, I’m not sure it had much of an independent future. For too long, nothing has gone right for Hawaiian. Its Asia-Pacific franchise isn't what it was, particularly to Japan, and its inter-island operation is under attack from Southwest. The Hawaii-to-the-mainland operation isn't much better, with the airline seemingly out of new ideas for where to place aircraft. I was not impressed with the three new route additions announced last week — Salt Lake City to Honolulu, and Sacramento to Lihue and Kona. I found myself thinking, is that all they've got?" Full analysis: theairlineobserver.com/p/ala…

I really like this deal. What about you? theairlineobserver.com/p/ala…

BREAKING: India's largest airline IndiGo plans to move away from one-size-fits-all model to have a business class in its ✈️ A few 222 seater A321 will have 16 business class seats in 2*2 configuration against 3*3 in economy: m.economictimes.com/industry… #aviation

Visuals of the First plane of the new Mexicana de Aviación, an airline of the Government of Mexico, that will be operated by the Secretariat of National Defense and that is expected to launch on 1st December. 📸Ximena Garmendia #aircraft #aviation #airlines

Delta is cutting some corporate/mgmt employees as it seeks to get a handle on costs. Frontline workers not affected. $DAL cnbc.com/2023/11/01/delta-la…

“At some point, Southwest Airlines will be doing redeyes,” says CEO Bob Jordan at Skift’s Aviation Forum.

CEO of @SouthwestAir Bob Jordan just got asked @skift if Southwest will move to @DFWAirport in 2025. He said Southwest has talked to DFW Airport about a “modest presence.”

.@AirLeaseCorp CEO and industry vet Steven Udvar-Házy when @BrianSumers @skift asked what kind of airline he’d start now: “I’d find the most expensive psychiatrist in Beverly Hills” to talk him out of it.

Good assessment of @FlyFrontier new priorities via @BrianSumers. Frontier Goes Full Euro: As promised, CEO Barry Biffle briefed analysts on several changes he hopes will return the airline to profitability. The gist: he wants to copy Ryanair. theairlineobserver.com/p/fro…