View from the Wing
Allegiant Buys Sun Country for $1.5 Billion — The Growth Story Is Easy. The Integration Risk Is the Problem.
Allegiant is buying Sun Country for $1.5 billion, betting it can sell across both airlines’ route networks and smooth out the seasonality that whipsaws leisure demand. The logic is simple—but integrating fleets, work groups, and operations is where mergers get expensive and blow up.
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Travel Codex
Breaking: Allegiant Moves To Buy Sun Country In $1.5B Deal
Allegiant plans to acquire Sun Country in a $1.5B cash-and-stock deal. Approval may hinge on politics, timing, and the fragile ULCC landscape. A Leisure Airline Deal That Changes The Chessboard After years of airline mergers grinding to a halt under aggressive antitrust enforcement, a new deal has landed that will...
The Travelers Club
Marriott peut-il vraiment racheter Rosewood ?
Le bruit a commencé à circuler discrètement, comme souvent dans l’hôtellerie de luxe. Un document prétendument interne, évoquant un projet baptisé Project Pegasus, aurait été partagé sur des forums spécialisés. Il laisserait entendre que Marriott International travaillerait sur une opération d’acquisition impliquant Rosewood Hotels & Resorts. À ce stade, aucune...
Frequent Miler
More Easy Rewards: Fee-free Visa Gift Cards at Staples
Staples is again offering fee-free fixed $200 Visa Gift Cards from Sunday, January 11th, through January 17, 2026. The limit is nine per customer per day (although some stores may allow more). Different stores appear to have different policies regarding the variable-load cards that some Staples now sell. Some folks...
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Itaú Private passa a dar nome à terminal em aeroporto no Uruguai
Punta del Este, no Uruguai, acabou de ficar um pouco mais brasileira. É que o Itaú Private Bank assinou contrato para dar nome ao terminal privado do Aeroporto Internacional de Punta del Este. A parceria vai além dos naming rights e prevê o banco brasileiro também oferecendo alguns serviços exclusivos...
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Itaú Private passa a dar nome à terminal em aeroporto no Uruguai
Punta del Este, no Uruguai, acabou de ficar um pouco mais brasileira. É que o Itaú Private Bank assinou contrato para dar nome ao terminal privado do Aeroporto Internacional de Punta del Este. A parceria vai além dos naming rights e prevê o banco brasileiro também oferecendo alguns serviços exclusivos...
Economy Class & Beyond
Airplane Art – Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-8 taxiing at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
It’s Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, we have a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 737-8 taxiing around Kuala Lumpur International Airport as it prepares to depart its home base on a mission in Asia. Malaysia Airlines currently has 14 Boeing 737-8 aircraft in its short...
The Gate with Brian Cohen
Northern Lights in Sweden. Aurora Borealis.
The main part of the itinerary to most of the Nordic countries was to view the northern lights in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Iceland, as we had never personally witnessed this phenomenon before the trip — but Aurora Borealis might not have appeared due to weather and other factors.
The first...
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Expansões para todos os lados! Semana do Milheiro – 05 a 11 de janeiro
Mais um domingo, mais uma Semana do Milheiro. E dessa vez chegamos carregados de notícias surpreendentemente positivas. OK que várias delas são especulações, mas com indícios fortes de serem confirmadas. Temos crescimento de rotas, recordes sendo batidos, bônus e muito mais. Caso ainda não conheça, na Semana do Milheiro escolhemos...
View from the Wing
Two Coach Passengers Refused to Leave First Class on American Airlines in Miami — Police Removed Them in Cuffs
Two coach passengers reportedly sat down in first class on an American Airlines flight departing Miami and refused to move. Airport police were called, and the women were escorted out of the gate area in cuffs—caught on video.
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