November 2010
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Delta Adds Wifi to Regional Jets, Gets Closer to Matching the Mainline Experience
For years, we’ve all put up with airlines having two types of onboard products. They had the mainline product on larger airplanes…
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United CEO Discusses Whether Cleveland Can Support a Hub, I Remain Skeptical
A favorite pastime in airline mergers is to guess which routes stay and which routes go. When it comes to the United/Continental…
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Cranky on the Web (November 22-26)
Qantas A380: Now We Know Why the Planes Were Grounded — and It’s Scary – BNET Headwinds As more details on the…
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Topic of the Week: The True Meaning of Thanksgiving
I hope you’re all filled with turkey and stuffing after yesterday. Now, let’s talk about how your trip out was. Did you…
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It’s Body Scanner Opt-Out Day but I Don’t Support the Protest
I know it’s Wednesday and I should be going dark, but with Thanksgiving tomorrow, I decided to switch things around and post…
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Delta Brings Unique Quick Dining to JFK
If there’s one area where Delta is really working to do some innovative stuff, it’s in airport dining. The airline has already…
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A Modest Proposal on Tarmac Delays
It looks like my wish for a more thorough review of tarmac delays has been answered. Instead of the off-the-cuff claim of…
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Cranky on the Web (November 15-19)
good news, bad news from cranky – Anti-Bride It’s another good news, bad news roundtrip on antibride.com. Qantas A380: Rolls-Royce Eats Crow,…
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Topic of the Week: The New American Airlines Homepage
A bunch of you asked for discussion topics on Fridays, so I thought I’d give it a shot. This week, let’s talk…
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Allegiant Delays Hawai’i Until 2012, Goes Head-to-Head with JetBlue
Allegiant gave an investor presentation this week, and there were a lot of juicy nuggets of info in there. It looks like…
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Alliances Look to Cement Standing in Latin America with Recent Moves
It’s been a busy year south of the US border with all three alliances trying to make big land grabs in Latin…
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Two Airlines to Stop Reporting On Time Performance
Bad news for fans of transparency. According to PlaneBusiness, Both Comair and Pinnacle, regionals operating primarily for Delta, will stop reporting their…