This is one of the most important markets in the country, yet it has no hometown airline.

It was just so country out here. Short Pump is not Short Pump anymore. That's the end of it.

Argentina was interested in presenting itself as a white country, ... Its ideologues and writers put a great emphasis on the yellow fever epidemic and the war, and it was feasible to pretend that the black population had simply disappeared as immigration exploded.

It really doesn't cost all that much extra to have nice leather seats and televisions in every seat. But let me tell you it makes a big difference in flight.

Building an airline from scratch is not for the faint-hearted.

The legacy carriers have a real disconnect with their passengers. Try to start a conversation at a cocktail party about how much you love your old-line carrier and see how long it takes someone to throw a canapé at you.