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Brian Sumers

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Editor of The Airline Observer, an airline business newsletter. Previously wrote for @skift, @aviationweek & @cntraveler. @medillschool grad. @uclaanderson mba.
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I Think Ed Bastian Likes the Limelight

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By Brian Sumers Verified
| The Airline Observer
I've returned from New York and the annual Wings Club gala, the 1,000ish-invitee black-tie event at the Hilton Midtown that some of us call “nerd prom.” This year, the club bestowed its Distinguished Achievement Award on Ed Bastian and the "employees of Delta Air Lines."
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Landline’s Big Pivot

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By Brian Sumers Verified
| The Airline Observer
Dear readers, David Sunde, a co-founder1 and the CEO of the bus company Landline, is an airline network nerd at heart. When he started the company in 2018, he had a simple thesis that he formed after leaving his job as a planning director at Surf Air: as regional airlines retired 50-seat jets, the Big Four2 would want to replace airplanes with buses on the shortest routes, allowing them to retain much of their hub feed at considerably lower cost. I’d say he was half right.
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American’s Top Network Executive is Out

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By Brian Sumers Verified
| The Airline Observer
Brian Znotins, who led American's network planning team for the past seven years, lost his job this week, sources told The Airline Observer. Nick Andersen, American’s vice president of commercial planning and performance, replaces him.
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