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Ancillary Revenues are key for LCCs

2019 11 27 9 38 07

As we head into the first of the year-end holidays in the US, and airports grow even more crowded, here’s something to consider if you’re going to brave the annual migration.  Flying an LCC means paying fees. We took a…

The Thomas Cook debacle

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All through last week, the rumors were growing.  Would the travel company get a rescue package?  Even as the company tried to secure a financial package, there were several aircraft being positioned to ensure stranded travelers could make their way…

The Oil price hike – some useful data

2019 09 16 8 09 02

This morning we woke to an overnight oil price spike.  While politicians politic and primp for the cameras, the rest of us will try to figure out what this means and what might happen next.  Here’s some data to help…

Time to ease the Scope Clause?

2019 09 02 9 51 01

The Scope Clause as used in the US airline market is a market aberration.  It was instituted by the pilot unions to ensure major airlines would not push more work to regional partners, whose pilots are paid much lower rates.…