The JetBlue Spirit Match

Again, airline competition could have shifted when a judge had to decide if JetBlue could acquire Spirit Airlines.

Why the 747 Was More Than an Airplane

Looking at the end of Boeing 747 history, we see that we are saying good-bye to much more than an airplane.

An Airfare Pricing Mystery

The airlines need to solve airfare pricing problems because their algorithms depend on historic data that is no longer relevant.

November 2018 Friday’s e-links: From Cow Horns to Potato Chips and Airline Deregulation

Friday’s e-links: Today we share links to some smiles through an article on a Swiss cow horn referendum and a podcast, “When Dogs Fly.”

Throwback Thursday: Remembering Plane Comfort

For Throwback Thursday (#TBT) we can fondly look back to comfortable economy class travel before less pitch and width created shrinking airline seats.

Getting Bumped Off Your Flight

Instead of command and control, a reverse auction or a Coasian solution would provide better ways to manage overbooked flights and bumped passengers.

Back to the Future… of Air Travel

Although 82% of the U.S. airline industry is dominated by 4 airlines, it is not a typical oligopoly because of new small airlines flying routes that the bigger carriers cut.

Airline Product Differentiation: It's About More than Just Plane Comfort

Whether departing on Imperial Airways from Great Britain or Pan Am in the US, for most of the 20th century you had no need for business class. Only the wealthy could afford to fly. In 1934, anyone with £180 ($17,000 today) could travel on…