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Category Archives: Analysis

AnalysisChase

Analysis: Chase Overhauls Sapphire Reserve With New Credits, Elite Perks, And Higher Fee

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 17, 2025June 17, 2025 11 Comments
Chase Sapphire Reserve

Chase is refreshing its Sapphire Reserve lineup this summer with a higher annual fee and higher fees for authorized users, but more rebates and strong additional perks for booking travel. Chase Sapphire Reserve Gets New Credits, Higher Fee, And...

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AnalysisUnited Airlines

Analysis: United Hopes To Contain Delta, Suppress American With JetBlue Partnership

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 29, 2025May 29, 2025 20 Comments
United JetBlue Strategy

Earlier today, United Airlines and JetBlue announced a new “Blue Sky” partnership that includes a return to JFK for United, an interline agreement, and reciprocal frequent flyer benefits. United CEO Scott Kirby has explained what is behind this move:...

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Analysis

Spirit, Southwest, JetBlue: Time to Rethink Perceptions

Kyle Stewart Posted onMay 18, 2025May 19, 2025 8 Comments
United JetBlue Partnership

In just the last nine months, three carriers with distinct identities, Spirit, Southwest, and JetBlue have significantly shifted but public  perceptions might be harder to change.  We cling to airline stereotypes like old luggage—worn out, busted at the zippers,...

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AnalysisUnited Airlines

Kirby’s JetBlue Bromance Hints At United’s JFK Game Plan

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 15, 2025May 15, 2025 16 Comments
Kirby JetBlue JFK

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby’s messaging has been clear for years: United must return to New York JFK. But as the path to that return looks increasingly via JetBlue, Kirby is heaping a lot of praise on the carrier...

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AnalysisLaw In Travel

Trump’s Air Traffic Control Plan Needs Refinement, But It’s Progress

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 10, 2025May 10, 2025 15 Comments
Trump Air Traffic Control

Cleared For Takeoff: Why America’s Air Traffic Control Overhaul Can’t Wait America’s air traffic control (ATC) system, once a marvel of aviation innovation, is now struggling under the weight of outdated technology and chronic underinvestment. Aging radar systems, some...

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AnalysisUnited Airlines

Scott Kirby’s Fox News Op-Ed On Newark Airport

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 10, 2025May 10, 2025 16 Comments
Scott Kirby Fox News Newark

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has written an op-ed for Fox News calling for the return of slot controls at Newark Liberty International Airport. Let’s take a look at Kirby’s argument and whether it is reasonable or purely self-serving...

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AnalysisUnited Airlines

United Airlines Slashes Newark Flights, Presses Trump Administration To Reinstate Slot Controls

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 3, 2025May 3, 2025 24 Comments
an airport with airplanes on the runway

Never let a good crisis go to waste. Facing congestion and air traffic controller shortages, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is calling on the Trump Administration to reintroduce slot controls at Newark Liberty International Airport. It’s a move that...

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AnalysisJetBlueUnited Airlines

JetBlue-United Partnership: What We Know So Far

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 30, 2025April 30, 2025 17 Comments
United JetBlue Partnership

After days of speculation, Reuters confirmed from “multiple sources” that United Airlines and JetBlue Airways are in talks over a partnership, however, the extent of that relationship is anything but clear. I have a few theories, though. JetBlue And...

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Analysis

Reagan Midair Crash: Cockpit Hesitation Proved Fatal

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 28, 2025 23 Comments
Reagan midair crash cockpit hesitation

Even as we await a final report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on the collision of an American Airlines jet with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over a busy Washington, DC airport, the New York Times has...

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AnalysisUnited Airlines

Is Scott Kirby Praising Trump’s Tariffs To Win A JetBlue Merger?

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 25, 2025 24 Comments
Scott Kirby Tariffs

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has once again praised President Trump’s tariff policy, arguing noble intentions of creating middle-class careers are the driving force. But is something else going on? Is Kirby courting favor with the Trump administration because...

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AnalysisUnited Airlines

United Airlines Says Competitors Are “Generations Behind”

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 18, 2025April 18, 2025 23 Comments
United Competitors Generations Behind

United Airlines believes its competitors are “generations behind” and will never catch up, even if they begin investing in the customer experience. United Argues Competitors Are “Generations Behind” During Q1 Earnings Calls I always enjoy listening to the quarterly...

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AnalysisUnited Airlines

United Airlines Building Up SFO Hub On Multiple Fronts

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 4, 2025April 5, 2025 18 Comments
United Airlines Fortress SFO

United Airlines is investing in San Francisco (SFO) with 20% more flying in 2025 than in 2024 and a terminal refresh program that will further reinforce United’s dominance at its West Coast hub, with hopes of creating a fortress....

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American AirlinesAnalysis

Insane: American Airlines Forbids Agents From Assisting With Standby

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 27, 2025March 27, 2025 14 Comments
American Airlines Standby Rules

If American Airlines really wants to be a premium carrier, it needs to stop alienating passengers with ridiculous standby policies that could not be more customer-unfriendly. Come on AA, this is such a low-hanging fruit… A Silly Rule American...

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AnalysisFrontier

Free Checked + Carry-On Bags On Frontier: An Unsustainable Business Model

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 19, 2025March 19, 2025 13 Comments
Frontier Free Bags

I applaud Frontier Airlines for its clever free baggage promotion to woo disgruntled Southwest Airlines flyers, but it seems to turn the “ultra-low-cost” carrier’s business model upside down. Teasing a “permanent” change to allow free bags would require a...

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American AirlinesAnalysisUnited Airlines

Scott Kirby’s Dismissal Of A New “Premium” American Airlines Is Very Personal

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 17, 2025 40 Comments
Scott Kirby American Airlines Premium

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby does not think there is room in the USA for a third “premium” airline, dismissing the aspirations of American Airlines to join Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in putting more emphasis on the...

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AnalysisSouthwest AirlinesUnited Airlines

United Airlines CEO Explains Why Southwest Airlines Lost its Mojo

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 14, 2025March 14, 2025 22 Comments
a group of airplanes on a runway

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby believes that recent changes at Southwest Airlines may be a necessary growing pain for the carrier, but will end up pulling more business from Southwest as it loses another structural advantage it enjoyed over...

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AnalysisDelta Air LinesNews

Delta Air Lines Cuts Profit Forecast By 50-70%, Blames Eroding Consumer Confidence + Economic Uncertainty

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 11, 2025March 10, 2025 16 Comments
Delta profit forecast consumer confidence

Shares prices of Delta Air Lines are tanking after the Atlanta-based carrier sharply revised its profit forecast downward, blaming eroding consumer confidence and growing economic uncertainty over the US economy. Delta Air Lines Cuts Profit Forecast Citing Diminished Domestic...

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AnalysisSpirit

Spirit Airlines Reports Bleak 2024 Financial Results

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 7, 2025March 7, 2025 6 Comments
Spirit Airlines Financial Results

As Spirit Airlines emerges from bankruptcy protection, it reported its 2024 financial results this week and the numbers are bleak, suggesting a near-insurmountable hole the budget carrier must quickly climb out of. Can the carrier find a way forward?...

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AnalysisSouthwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines Introduces Basic Economy Fares…By Another Name

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 5, 2025March 5, 2025 16 Comments
Southwest Airlines Basic Economy

Without notice, Southwest Airlines massively devalued earnings on its most reasonable Wanna Get Away fares, effectively introducing basic economy fares by another name. Southwest Airlines Guts Earnings On Wanna Get Away Fares The value proposition of Rapid Rewards, the...

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AnalysisSouthwest Airlines

What Is Really Going On At Southwest Airlines?

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 18, 2025February 18, 2025 35 Comments
Southwest Airlines Layoffs

Southwest Airlines is preparing to layoff 1,750 employees as part of its latest effort to cut costs and juice profits. But what is really going on at Southwest? Is Elliott Investment Management maliciously pulling the strings or are these...

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