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Brian Sumers

@BrianSumers

Editor of The Airline Observer, an airline business newsletter. Previously wrote for @skift, @aviationweek & @cntraveler. @medillschool grad. @uclaanderson mba.

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It's not just Boeing causing aviation havoc. This is the best explanation of the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine mess that have hamstrung Spirit, JetBlue and others: From: Jon Ostrower Brett Snyder Brian Sumers podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/air…

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Jon Ostrower(@jonostrower) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Air Show episode 5 is here: A tale of (my) two cities. A fun one as we dive into Boston and Seattle with lots of number crunching from Brett Snyder. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

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Jon Ostrower(@jonostrower) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The third episode of The Air Show with Brett Snyder, Brian Sumers and our amazing producer Sara Fay just dropped.

It's simply titled The Boeing Episode open.spotify.com/show/6I0kcAPtZ…

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Brett Snyder(@crankyflier) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our newest episode of The Air Show is up and this week, Brian Sumers, Jon Ostrower, and I tackle JetBlue and its strategic issues.

Listen wherever you get your pods...
Spotify - open.spotify.com/show/6I0kcAPtZ…
Apple - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

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Jon Ostrower(@jonostrower) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So Brett Snyder Brian Sumers and I decided to put our aviation brains together: We're excited to launch The Air Show, a new podcast on the business of the sky. A very special thanks to our launch partners Intelsat & Plusgrade Team for giving us our wings. open.spotify.com/show/6I0kcAPtZ…

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Ross Feinstein(@RossFeinstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great analysis via The Airline Observer Brian Sumers: 'As for the deal, I like it. Hawaiian has been overmatched, and in an industry in which size and scale mean everything, I’m not sure it had much of an independent future. For too long, nothing has gone right for Hawaiian. Its

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Arindam Majumder(@ari_maj) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: India's largest airline IndiGo plans to move away from one-size-fits-all model to have a business class in its ✈️

A few 222 seater A321 will have 16 business class seats in 2*2 configuration against 3*3 in economy: m.economictimes.com/industry/trans…

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Visuals of the First plane of the new Mexicana de Aviación, an airline of the Government of Mexico, that will be operated by the Secretariat of National Defense and that is expected to launch on 1st December.

📸Ximena Garmendia

Visuals of the First plane of the new Mexicana de Aviación, an airline of the Government of Mexico, that will be operated by the Secretariat of National Defense and that is expected to launch on 1st December. 📸Ximena Garmendia #aircraft #aviation #airlines
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Delta is cutting some corporate/mgmt employees as it seeks to get a handle on costs. Frontline workers not affected. $DAL cnbc.com/2023/11/01/del…

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“At some point, Southwest Airlines will be doing redeyes,” says CEO Bob Jordan at Skift’s Aviation Forum.

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Alexandra Skores(@AlexandraSkores) 's Twitter Profile Photo

CEO of Southwest Airlines Bob Jordan just got asked Skift if Southwest will move to DFW Airport in 2025.

He said Southwest has talked to DFW Airport about a “modest presence.”

CEO of @SouthwestAir Bob Jordan just got asked @skift if Southwest will move to @DFWAirport in 2025. He said Southwest has talked to DFW Airport about a “modest presence.”
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Leslie Josephs(@lesliejosephs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Air Lease Corp CEO and industry vet Steven Udvar-Házy when Brian Sumers Skift asked what kind of airline he’d start now: “I’d find the most expensive psychiatrist in Beverly Hills” to talk him out of it.

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Good assessment of Frontier Airlines new priorities via Brian Sumers.

Frontier Goes Full Euro: As promised, CEO Barry Biffle briefed analysts on several changes he hopes will return the airline to profitability. The gist: he wants to copy Ryanair.

theairlineobserver.com/p/frontier-goe…

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Tom Lowry(@lowrytom) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I like everything about this .... justinbachman on United Airlines revamping boarding for aisle (my favorite), middle (nobody's favorite) and window seats (apparently the reporter's favorite) themessenger.com/business/unite…

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Great insight on JSX vs americanair via Brian Sumers in The Airline Observer: theairlineobserver.com/p/jsx-is-feeli…

'They [americanair] have amazing influence, both with labor and with the [Biden] administration, and American has politicians in every market that they serve. American has

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With United Airlines’s latest order for 110 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, it now has $62 billion in total aircraft capital commitments. $62 billion. $UAL skift.com/2023/10/03/uni…

With @united’s latest order for 110 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, it now has $62 billion in total aircraft capital commitments. $62 billion. $UAL skift.com/2023/10/03/uni…
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