May 2013
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Topic of the Week: Will Air Canada rouge Succeed?
Air Canada is getting closer and closer to the launch of its new low-cost, leisure airline, rouge. Last week, the airline announced…
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Delta Opens Phase One of Its JFK Terminal Project, Two More to Go
It’s been nearly a week since Delta opened the first phase of its terminal project at JFK, and the reviews have been…
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Why Isn’t JetBlue Using All Its Slots in Long Beach? (Ask Cranky)
I received an email recently that hit close to home, literally. It was more of a plea than a question, but I…
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Cranky on the Web (May 20 – 24)
Note: There will be no post on Monday, Memorial Day. I will return to the regular posting schedule on Tuesday. The Dreamliner…
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Topic of the Week: The Birds and Rats Have Won
Delta travelers at JFK are waking up to a brand new airport experience today as Delta thankfully leaves Terminal 3 for good…
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This is Not Your Father’s Frontier Airlines
Frontier is in the middle of making huge changes to its business model, and that is not easy to do. Anytime you…
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Battle: Los Angeles
I’m feeling pretty lucky to be living in Southern California these days. Oh sure, it’s the beautiful sunshine and all that, but…
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JetBlue Demonstrates the Right Way to Increase Your Change Fee
Just last month, United increased its change fee on domestic flights from $150 to $200 and I bashed the move. That, of…
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Cranky on the Web (May 13 – 17)
In the Trenches: Setting Priorities – Intuit Small Business Blog There are a lot of projects I’d like to complete here at…
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Topic of the Week: United’s Channel 9
United announced it would pull inflight entertainment off its A319s and A320s when it puts new seats on the airplanes. That means…
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Who the F*&@ is Lion Air?
You may have heard the name Lion Air before, but chances are you’ve never flown the airline, a low cost carrier based…
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Virgin America Loses More Money, Puts All Efforts on Going Public
After 6 years of big losses, it looks like the time is finally coming for Virgin America to start making money or…