February 2011
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Topic of the Week: December On Time Performance
The DOT has released December on-time performance and as you would imagine, it was awful. Anything stand out for you in this…
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Volaris Prepares For Full Scale US Invasion (and That’s a Good Thing)
If there was any doubt that Mexican airline Volaris had designs on a big US presence, those have been put to rest.…
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A Big Week for Cranky: Flightglobal Webbies and CNN.com
It’s a rare Wednesday post here on Cranky, but there has been some big news around these parts that I wanted to…
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Delta Rolls out Premium Economy on Long Haul Flights
As the new United ponders whether or not to keep its Economy Plus premium economy product, Delta has decided to jump into…
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JetBlue’s Long Haul Flights Slowly Disappearing From Long Beach
When I saw JetBlue announce it was moving its flight to Ft Lauderdale from Long Beach to LAX, I wasn’t surprised. It…
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Cranky on the Web (January 31-February 4)
I’m very excited to announce that The Cranky Flier has been chosen as 2010 Blog of the Year in the Flightglobal Webbies!…
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Topic of the Week: JetBlue’s GPS
The feds have decided to let JetBlue throw a few Garmins on an airplane and use GPS instead of radar. Ok, so…
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Air France’s Poor Handling of the Egypt Crisis Earns a Cranky Jackass Award
Over the last week, the protests in Egypt have reached a boiling point. As we all know by now, the residents of…
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Horizon Air’s President on Future Growth and Outsourcing (Across the Aisle Interview)
And we’re back. Today, I pick up my interview with Horizon Air President Glenn Johnson by talking about future growth and Alaska’s…