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Nashville Just Keeps Growing
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Many of the airports I’ve covered in this ongoing series on former hubs have had to figure out how to shrink down to a smaller size to match the lower demand for the airport once…
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Southwest Marginalizes Its Worst Onboard Experience
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When I wrote about my recent trip on Southwest, the comment section had plenty of discussion around the problem of the Southwest B737-700. Of Southwest’s ~800-strong fleet of airplanes, there are still about 300 B737-700s.…
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Cranky on the Web: Listen In on Monday + A Breezy Chat with Lukas Johnson
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Future of air travel: Routes, Rewards and Renovations – American City Business Journals This is a bit different than a normal Cranky on the Web, because it hasn’t happened yet. But this Monday at 11am PT/2pm…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Delta’s Earnings, Cape Air’s New Air Conditioning Trial
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Delta Leads off Q1 Earnings Delta led off Q1 earnings season this week, posting operating revenue just shy of $16 billion, with an operating profit of $501 million, giving it an operating margin of 3.2%.…
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For United, Luxury is In the Little Things
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A translucent wall. A closet. A snack bar. A big TV. These aren’t things that we think of as being front and center when it comes to how people choose their airline, but when you…
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Flying the New Southwest is Quite Good, But It’s Not Fully Rolled Out (Trip Report)
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It had to happen sometime. Eventually, I would fly on the new Southwest and have my assigned seat all ready to go. That time came when I did a trip to Las Vegas for an…
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United Tries to Offset Temporary High Fuel Costs With Permanent Fare and Fee Increases
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Earnings for the first quarter of 2026 will soon be announced, and there’s little question that profits will be squeezed by ever-rising fuel prices. Everyone will be listening to hear what the airlines have to…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: United Gets More Basic, Delta Improves Connectivity
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This week on The Air Show, we zoom out. What is oil doing to airlines in other parts of the world? It’s not good, but Brian Sumers spoke with a couple of carriers as he…
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The Upside to San Francisco’s Unwelcome Airport Capacity Cut
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San Francisco (SFO) has never been a beacon of operational reliability. In fact, it has generally been one of the most unreliable airports in a part of the country where snowstorms don’t exist and thunderstorms…
