Ok, I’ve finally been able to get the trip report together and it’s a long one so I broke it up. I have Taha’a and Bora Bora in part 1 today and Tikehau and Tahiti in part 2 tomorrow. I apologize to those who aren’t trip report fans. I’ll be …
Month: April 2009
In general, baggage fees make people cringe. I don’t think it’s that it’s because charging for a checked bag is bad in theory, but rather it’s just that everybody was used to getting a couple bags included in the price of the ticket. The transition has been rough on customers, …
Hope you all enjoyed the guest posts, but now it’s time for me to get back to work. We had a fantastic time in French Polynesia, and it’s going to take me a little time to get back into the swing of things. I thought I’d ease myself back in …
Cranky is on vacation, but I did pre-schedule some posts on BNET. Here are the ones from last week. We get back in town tonight, so I’ll be back live on the blog on Monday.
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Airline Executives Discuss Foreign Ownership, Unbundling, Partnerships, and Consolidation
I promise, this is it …
Cranky is on vacation, but I’ve lined up some excellent guest bloggers for you while I’m gone. Today I have Frances Colleen Barton-Wolf. As far as I can tell, she’s not a blogger at all nor is she an airline dork (just married to one). I chose her post because …
Cranky is on vacation, but I’ve lined up some excellent guest bloggers for you while I’m gone. Today I have The Traveling Optimist, who is a frequent commenter and previous guest poster on the blog.
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Recent articles have highlighted inexcusable stealing out of passenger baggage. It does not happen …
Cranky is on vacation, but I’ve lined up some excellent guest bloggers for you while I’m gone. Today I have Devesh Agarwal who writes the Bangalore Aviation blog. He always has great insight into Indian aviation.
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At a time when airports across the Asia-Pacific region are slashing their …
Cranky is on vacation, but I’ve lined up some excellent guest bloggers for you while I’m gone. Today I have a guest post from Flight Wisdom.
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Washington’s Dulles Airport began construction on September 2, 1958. The airport was designed by Eero Saarinen, also responsible for the historic …
Cranky is on vacation, but I’ve lined up some excellent guest bloggers for you while I’m gone. Today I have Things in the Sky author Dan Webb.
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The vast majority of the airline geeks I know found their passion as children, and I’m no exception. Heck, I made a …
Cranky is on vacation, but I pre-scheduled a handful of posts over at BNET. Here are this week’s.
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Montie Brewer Ousted as CEO of Air Canada
Air Canada’s board decided to clean house last week in order to face its impending cash crisis. But was it really Brewer’s fault?…
Cranky is on vacation, but I’ve lined up some excellent guest bloggers for you while I’m gone. Today I have my old friend Benet Wilson from Aviation Week. Last time she posted her “Strange but True” piece I received good feedback, so she’s back with more.
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First—it kills …