Month: August 2024
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You’re on Guard! Weekly Recap: Alaska and Hawaiian Clear a DOJ Hurdle, Breeze Invades Avelo’s Home Turf
The Main Squawk: Alaska and Hawaiian make it through the DOJ review period unscathed In a clear win for Alaska and Hawaiian, the DOJ passed on its opportunity to review the merger within their regulatory review period. The decision comes on the heels of the failed JetBlue/Spirit merger which more or less indicated that airlines…
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You’re on Guard! Weekly Recap: Elliott Turns Up the Heat on Southwest, JetBlue Pumps the Brakes on Its European Expansion
The Main Squawk: At Southwest, Elliott gets ready to take out the trash Elliott is continuing to dig deep in its fight to instill change at Southwest. On Thursday, it announced plans to replace ten of the fifteen directors sitting on the Airline’s Board. The replacements range from former airline CEOs and executives from Air…
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You’re on Guard! Weekly Recap: Frontier Believes in an Alternate Reality, Breeze Follows Avelo’s Lead, Allegiant is Extra
The Main Squawk: Frontier sees itself as “the last man standing” in the ULCC market Frontier CEO Barry Biffle made some radical comments during the Company’s Q2 earnings call last week. He said that although its industry peers are struggling, aircraft lessors see the Denver-based carrier as “the last man standing” in the ULCC market.…
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You’re on Guard! Weekly Recap: CrowdStrike and Microsoft Fight Back with Delta, Spirit Reports a Further Loss, and Southwest’s Exploding Soda Cans
The Main Squawk: CrowdStrike and Microsoft call Delta’s bluff Last week, we reviewed Delta’s operational meltdown after a CrowdStrike outage led to tens of thousands of flight cancellations across the globe. It took the Company five days to recover—three times longer than any other carrier—forcing CEO Ed Bastian to do what he does best and…
