After years of Left Field on the Flight Global/Airline Business site, aviation blogger David Field is back and on his own, with a unique and slightly cynical take on the airline business today.

Southwest diary: No New York Earthshakes

Southwest just began service at New York's LaGuardia, and that's been occasion for a load of stories about how the low-fares leader is changing its business model and transforming itself. Well, it is a sight, the image of a Southwest plane in or at least near Gotham, but the airline's eight daily LaGuardia flights mark more of a continuation of its recent service patterns than any big, radical shift or major change.

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