This Week’s Featured Link
United Air Exits Stake in Parent of Former ExpressJet Airlines – Bloomberg
This was such a strange little legacy… United owning nearly half of an independent regional flying out of Reno. Of course it wasn’t always that way — this used to be the wholly-owned Continental Express — but now it’s over and aha! is on its own.
Image of the Week

Dean Morley/CC BY-ND 2.0
Two for the Road
Low-cost Japan-based airline will launch Tokyo-San Jose flights – SiliconValley.com
ANA has long served this route with a business-focused cabin, but now ZipAir is going to come in with the low cost option? Best of luck.
AirAsia X Is Back! Rejuvenated airline spreads its wings to London, Istanbul and Dubai – AirAsia X News
Apparently AirAsia X was tired of not losing money every day, so it has started to fly airplanes again. That’ll fix that problem.