March 2012
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Topic of the Week: Will Kingfisher Survive?
Kingfisher appears to be on its last legs. It has canceled all international flights and pared back domestic runs. The airline, which…
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Onboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Don’t get too excited. I didn’t actually get to fly on one. But I did get invited to come take a tour…
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Pacific Wings Earns the Cranky Jackass Award For a Spiteful Website
The EAS Flights blog stumbled on something yesterday that may be a new low for this industry. In fact, it’s childish enough…
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Why American’s Revenue Plans Aren’t Good Enough and a Merger Is Needed
I came across a really interesting research note on American last week that I thought was worth discussing here. Jamie Baker at…
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Cranky on the Web (March 5 – 9)
Do babies and first class mix? – CNN Out of the Office I brought the babies in first class debate over to…
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Topic of the Week: New Flights in Washington
Ok, Bill from DC, this one is for you. Let’s talk new flights at Washington/National airport. There is a lot going on…
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Cape Air’s Reservation System Transition to ITA Was So Good, You Didn’t Know It Even Happened
All the talk this week has been about United’s massive reservation system transition, but that wasn’t the only move of this type…
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American Rolls Out Its Version of Economy Plus, er Economy Comfort, er . . .
When it first started talking about the interiors of its new 777-300ER aircraft, American said it would have a premium economy section.…
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United’s Reservation System Switch Goes Well With Only Minor Glitches
If you believed the headlines, you’d think that United had melted down over the weekend when it finally retired its Apollo computer…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier Picks Up Where Southwest Leaves
Frontier has been busy quickly picking up routes that Southwest has decided to have AirTran abandon. We’ll see nonstops from Orlando to…
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Cranky on the Web (February 27 – March 2)
It’s Not Actually News When a Plane’s Landing Gear Doesn’t Go Down – Conde Nast Daily Traveler A United Express flight had…
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My Late Discussion About Air Asia X Pulling Out of Europe
This isn’t exactly breaking news, but it is something that I’ve been meaning to cover since it was announced back in January.…