Thus ends the first week of the Flight Wisdom Briefing. How are you enjoying it so far? Comments are open, as in Twitter. If you are interested in submitting a commercial aviation related story to the Briefing, please contact us. We'll be back next week with new briefs and we'll keep tweaking it to...
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As we continue to perfect the Brief, we offer a new opener, as well as a tribute to this Day in Aviation History. Tune in.
Notes:
American Eagle’s New Service to Augusta
WestJet Launches New Frequent Flier Program
787 Begins First Flight Tests outside of Washington
United orders 25 A350XWBs
Continental Airlines calls Tarmac Delay...
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WestJet has launched a new frequent flier program, called the Frequent Guest program. Now, the way that they are organizing this program is unique. It seems to be a program for the average flier, rather than the frequent flier. We recently bemoaned the fact that airlines have effectively devalued their miles by allowing people...
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We've decided to try a little experiment here at Flight Wisdom. We're going to record our news and service roundups that you can subscribe and listen to in your favorite podcast software. The new service, which we are calling the Flight Wisdom Briefing, will, if popular, come out at least once a week, if...
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This week in Routes...Southwest to start Philly-Boston, United adds service in 13 markets, and more.
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It is very hard to write these sort of posts. When confronted with being called a Customer of Size, Kevin Smith complained. He was within his rights to do so, and anyone who feels wrongly singled out should.
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We hate the debate over large customers, be they big, tall, or both. It never ends. And it invariably gets into an argument about the obesity issue in America. We've often said the only fair thing to do is size the seats to the statistically average American and accept that some people, many through...
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Enjoy the latest in airline service changes.
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JetBlue is switching its reservations system from Navitaire to SABRE this weekend. As a matter of practicality, this will cause disruptions. If you are travelling Friday, Saturday or Sunday of this weekend(January 29-31), you may want to show up early.
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Today, while we are stuck in our homes in the snow, our thoughts are with those stuck at the airports. In preparation for this storm, airlines around the Northeast United States preemptively cancelled flights, airports were closed for hours, and some people are being told it might be days before they get home. At...
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Allegiant Air announced today that it will move service from ten U.S. cities from Orlando-Sanford Airport(SFB) to Orlando International Airport(MCO), effective February 1st. By March 5th, they will base 5 MD-80s at MCO, which will be their eighth base. The cities, which are roughly a third of the total they serve to Orlando, are:
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JetBlue is having a Cyber Monday Sale Today Only till 11:59PM MST.
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We haven't been writing enough lately. That does happen sometimes when real life interferes with this(which is unfortunately a hobby). Here's what we've been reading about. If Pat Kiernan of New York City based station NY1 can make a name for himself reading the newspaper and running Pat's Papers online, we can try to...
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JetBlue is having a One Day Sample Sale, Today only until 11:59PM MDT. Sale fares are valid for travel December 2nd through December 16th, and January 6th through January 28th. Fares on some routes as low as $29/$39/$49. Cross the country for $99 or less one-way.
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This week's latest in route developments.
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Like ExpressJet a few years ago, Skywest is experimenting with flying under its own brand. But not to the same degree. Skywest has contracted with AirTran. AirTran will handle the sales and get a share of the profit, and Skywest will assume the risk.
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JetBlue Airways announced a major expansion in Boston’s Logan Airport. The full schedule of expansion has yet to be announced, but the following highlights are available and will be available for purchase on November 4th.
Two Additional Flights to Chicago-O’Hare(Total 3)
Two Additional Flights to Raleigh-Durham(Total 3)
One Additional Flight to BWI(Total 5)
One Additional Flight...
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JetBlue's Island Joy Sale. Book before midnight on October 30th.
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Southwest announced today it would add Saturday only service from New York-LaGuardia Airport to Denver International Airport. The rest of the week the service will be offered on a one-stop basis.
Saturday-only service is the only option as Southwest is not securing any additional slots at LaGuardia, but Saturday service is not slot or perimeter...
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When Southwest says, "It's On," they truly mean it. After losing the fight to take over Frontier, Southwest Airlines is simply going to take over Denver without their help.
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We’d talked about Northwest Florida – Panama City International Airport before. It is a new airport being constructed to replace the old Bay County Airport. When it opens on Memorial Day, the old airport will close.
Delta is currently the only carrier serving Panama City, offering regional service to Memphis...
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Southwest Airlines announced today they are coming to the rescue of St. Louis, MO, which lost a great deal of service when American Airlines cut deep into what was once a major hub for TWA, which they absorbed. Beginning in May of next year, they will add the following routes:
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Virgin America is testing the idea of letting passengers who are traveling without carry-on luggage board the plane first. Now, we aren’t sure of the exact details. We assume personal items wouldn’t count, and this would be limited to actual luggage. Few people travel with only the clothes on their back.
But people, as the...
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JetBlue Sample Sale Till Midnight Tonight
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