Archive for August, 2008

Ups and Downs

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Quick note: You'll notice the chart at the top right of the page has been falling (near $120 today) and, thus, the chart below it is full of green today.

August 1999

Friday, August 1st, 2008

On the first day in August 2008, I thought we'd take a look back nine years ago to August 1999. The airline industry was on the rise, hitting a stride that would carry it for only two more years. In early August 1999, United unveiled plans for Economy Plus. ...

AirTran Followup

Friday, August 1st, 2008

It looks like I might have been a little hard on AirTran a couple days ago, kinda. It seems like they have a stronger cost-cutting plan than originally reported. Instead of parking planes, they are selling them off. The article somewhat oversells the strategy as it is really almost common ...