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Jim Geraghty of National Review Online reacts to a common mistake made by President-elect Joe Biden’s defenders. If you write anything critical about the incoming Biden administration, the usual ninnies…
Andrew Stiles of the Washington Free Beacon looks into presumptive President-elect Joe Biden’s likely appointments. Stiles identifies one interesting angle. A central component of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign was…
The good: From May 5th to August 21st, American Airlines will be offering a nonstop service between Charlotte (CLT) and San Jose, CA (SJC). The flight to California leaves Charlotte…
November 30th, daily on an Airbus A319. The last time American or US Airways successfully added a destination with daily service from Charlotte in the Caribbean, Mexico, or Central America…
Here’s a summary of American Airlines fights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) for Thursday, August 11, 2016: By aircraft type: Widebody: 8 (3 A330-300, 5 A330-200) Narrowbody mainline: 288…
Twice daily flights from Charlotte to Cedar Rapids, IA (CID) start on November 4th. This is the latest example of one of the major upsides from the American Airlines/US Airways…
One of the things we’ve seen over the past few years are airlines eliminating their first-class cabin on transoceanic routes. And that includes top-tier carriers. The latest example is Lufthansa,…
I was listening to American Airline’s conference call on Friday, and was struck by a statistic about how poorly the Brazilian economy was doing: Two years ago, when the American…
You just can’t make this up. As Ted Reed of Forbes (and formerly of the Charlotte Observer) reports, it seems that American Airlines’ pilots union is not very happy with…
American Airlines updated its summer schedule over the weekend. There’s one notable addition and one notable subtraction from its Charlotte hub. The step forward is a summer seasonal flight to…
One of the great uncertainties of the American Airlines/US Airways merger is what happens to US Airways’ service from Charlotte and Philadelphia to Europe. Which of these routes would still…
From media reports, you might get the idea that US Airways has been fully absorbed into American Airlines. That’s true… except that you have former US Airways crews flying formerly…