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December 1, 2020 6:00 am ET -
Goodbye Penguins: Austral Líneas Aéreas Brand Disappears After Merge
At midnight on Monday, after the landing of flight AU2763, Austral Lineas Aereas operations officially ended. The brand will disappear tomorrow, Dec. 1, when the merger with Aerolíneas Argentinas is completed and it begins to operate under the callsign "Argentina."…
November 24, 2020 10:39 am ET -
The AirlineGeeks Podcast Episode 23: Airlines Under Pressure
Thank you for reading the AirlineGeeks Podcast Recap. This article gives a brief look at last week’s episode of our news podcast. For our full analysis of each of these stories, you can listen to The AirlineGeeks Podcast on Spotify,…
October 27, 2020 10:50 am ET -
How American’s Hubs Are Operating Five Years After the Merger
Throughout the history of the airline industry, there have been turbulent times, then there have been times of immense industry-wide success and profitability. Airlines have come and gone as those transitions transformed the physical nature of business within the airline…
June 9, 2020 2:10 pm ET -
Interview: “Stronger Together” Commuter Airlines Announce Merger
Yet another set of U.S. airlines has merged, but unless you live on the island state of Hawaii you probably won’t notice a difference. On June 4, 2020, the merger between Mokulele Airlines and Makani Kai Air was announced via…
January 31, 2019 8:00 am ET -
TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: Western Airlines
Western Airlines had a long and storied history spanning six decades. Like many early airlines, the carrier was founded with a mail contract and tasked with transporting mail for the government. In the early days of aviation, the U.S. Postal…