This past week the Regional Airline Association gathered CEOs, subject matter experts, folks from Capitol Hill, and journalists for the 2022 RAA Leaders Conference. Ed Bastien, Delta's CEO spoke in Minneapolis. Swelbar-Zhong published the 10th update to its US Regional Market Watch.
Read MoreIn the wee hours of Tuesday morning, a note from #TheAirCurrent was dropped in my email box that hinted that #unitedairlines and #emiratesairlines were plotting a codeshare agreement.
Read MoreIn my post a couple of months ago titled DESTINATION: POINT STUPID, I said "Something just does not feel right here". For serious watchers of this industry, it should not for you either.
Read MorePOLITICO reported on a segment on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" with Sec. Buttigieg. He said that DOT is ready to take enforcement actions against airlines that don't perform in the name of consumer protection.
Read MoreThe USG willfully provides Eau Claire, WI (EAU) a competitive advantage v. its neighbor to the south - LaCrosse, WI (LSE) that is not subsidized by spending $6.5 million to lure a ULCC to replace SkyWest. Or Rochester, MN for that matter.
Read MoreLast Tuesday, June 14, we updated the Swelbar-Zhong U.S. Regional Market Watch to August 2022. The data points that jumped out at us were two: 1) departures flown by the Big 3 on large regional jets as a percent of the same month in 2019 continue to decline;
Read MoreAs a student of the airline industry who has spent considerable time in distressed labor contract talks, I keep asking how in the hell will the industry absorb/pass through the cost increases occurring within nearly every line item on the income statement?
Read MoreRecently, the pilots at AA wrote to customers: "AA is going to disappoint you, dear customer, just like it's disappointing us. UA and DL are so much better.
Read MoreIf this becomes the definition of ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE (EAS) in 2022, at least Congress will get to learn in real time the difference between being connected to the grid v. simply having access to some leisure destination offering low fares.
Read MoreNOTE: The words that will follow are mine and do not reflect the thinking of any entity where I have a professional relationship.
Read MoreEnvoy will accelerate the retirement of more small jets while noting that 15% of its seniority list has moved on. Roughly 25% of those pilots that have left Envoy have joined American.
Read MoreIt has been a while since we have had a "leaked", "unsolicited offer" in the US airline space. Last Thursday, #jetblue offered $3.6 billion for #spiritairlines. The offer comes after an offer from #frontier for Spirit. And after the Northeast Alliance (NEA) was put into action by #americanairlines (AA) and jetBlue.
Read MoreSince 2015, the amount of misinformation, half-truths, conspiracy theories, and stories about Jewish lasers have definitely been on the rise. This industry is not immune either.
Read MoreIn my last post, "MUST HAVE HIT A NERVE" Capt. Edward M. Davidson, FRAeS, MIoD; Managing Director of the Skyborne Airline Academy, Inc. in Vero Beach, FL commented: "Small community air service is not like taxes and death - a guaranteed occurrence".
Read MoreBased on the number of views of the post I placed here on Saturday morning, guessing I hit a nerve somewhere. Without a doubt, it has received the most attention of any other post other than a couple that were more personal in nature.
Read MoreAfter a long career of studying/advocating for small community commercial air service, if I did not accept the fact that today's regional air service architecture needs a major overhaul then I could not be a true student of the sector.
Read MoreIt is halftime of the Michigan State - Northwestern game. In my view, a new iteration of regional aviation and #smallcommunityairservice is about to begin.
Read MoreJust like the small RJ was a game changer in the early stages of its growth cycle – it is fast becoming a story in the later stages of its life cycle. Another month of analysis on today's use of the small regional jet (RJ) is on our website. The small RJ has had many missions and strategies over the last 3 decades - not all obvious.
Read MoreJul: I want to get totally excited about the recovery that is underway. But if you cannot fill airplanes during the summer months then it is going to be one rough year.
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