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Should You Book Your Cruise with a Travel Agent?
Here’s What to Know Planning a cruise. Whether you're dreaming of the Caribbean, Alaska, or the Mediterranean, there’s one big question...

William Hronas
1 day ago3 min read
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Crushed Spirit
"In the seven months that we have been here, we tried to put a new formula in. We thought the formula was right. Unfortunately, we took a...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Aug 136 min read
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New Found Power
Chester the Eskimo is leveling up. Fresh from the completion of the purchase of Hawaiian Airlines and folding into the multi-carrier...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Aug 66 min read
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Taking Sisu To New Heights
Sisu is a Finnish word and state of mind that translates into pushing through extreme challenges and obstacles in any situation, even...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Aug 17 min read
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Finishing Touches
Photo Credit SLC Dept of Airports I've spent a lot of time covering and writing about the development, construction, and opening of the...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Jul 136 min read
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An Evening in Houston
Few people in the airline world are as controversial as Frank Lorenzo. From just before the dawn of airline deregulation in the United...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Jun 113 min read
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Global Pipe Dream
What do you get when you take an internet avgeek "influencer" with several billion British Pounds to burn, a fever dream of bringing back...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Jun 26 min read
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Bringin' the Paine
I have been praying for an expansion of flights to Seattle Paine Field International Airport in Washington ever since my first time...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Apr 75 min read
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Southwest Dis-Effect
Photo copyright Southwest Airlines As I have stated in previous posts regarding Southwest Airlines, this isn't your Dad's Southwest. The...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Mar 195 min read
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Upward Trajectory: Alaska/Hawaiian Airlines on the Rise
Photo (c) Author If there is ANY carrier that should make Seattle a global gateway, it's Alaska Airlines, not that Atlanta-based behemoth....

George Nicon Andritsakis
Jan 46 min read
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Aegean Rising
From picking up cancelled Airbus NEO orders, to acquiring a block of ownership in Spanish Low Cost Carrier Volotea, expanding their hold...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Dec 15, 20244 min read
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Fall From Grace: Spirit Airlines files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
The news today out of Wall Street and Ft. Lauderdale is that Ultra Low-Cost Carrier Spirit Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Nov 18, 20244 min read
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Brain Drain: The Travel Industry Post-Covid
It's been said that one should never work for a company they admire. I'm not sure I believe that, as I have worked for companies I've...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Nov 3, 20248 min read
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If You've Got LUV In Your Sights: Southwest Airlines' Planned Transformation
For the first time in its 53-year history, Southwest is drastically changing the way it operates. We're not talking about watering down...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Jul 26, 20243 min read
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Whale Watching: San Diego to Anchorage on Alaska Airlines
There are some routes you just expect certain airlines to fly, and some you don't. Those that do, and take their sweet time getting...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Jun 28, 20243 min read
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From Peachtree to North Island: Alaska Airlines from Atlanta, GA to San Diego, CA.
Cue Whitesnake! Here I go again...on my inaugural flight kick. This one is good, finally connecting Atlanta to San Diego with Alaska...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Jun 12, 20244 min read
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A Bumpy Climb: Frontier Airlines Return to Viability
Frontier Airlines has been on a bumpy roller coaster ride for the last few years post-pandemic, its strategy of flying to leisure...

George Nicon Andritsakis
May 26, 20244 min read
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Steerage Class
**--WARNING: THIS POST WILL BE CRASS. RUDE, SIZEIST, AND UNFORGIVING. NO APOLOGIES GIVEN--** “I used to say that there were Five Levels...

George Nicon Andritsakis
May 24, 20236 min read
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Mileage Runs
Any of y'all who have been following me for any span of time know that I fly. I fly a LOT. If you take a look at my routings, sometimes...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Feb 9, 20235 min read
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Root Strengthening: Alaska Airlines from Everett-Paine Field, WA to Anchorage, AK.
I have to admit, I love inaugural flights. I'm a sucker for them, especially on city-pairs that really get me salivating to fly. ...

George Nicon Andritsakis
Dec 9, 20225 min read
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