February 2018
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Short Flight in the Back of a Fancy Airplane: American 787-9 (Trip Report)
It’s February and that means it’s time to take my annual pilgrimmage to Dallas/Ft Worth for American’s Annual Leadership Conference. The ALC…
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Qatar Plans to Kill Alitalia With Aggressive Growth at the Newly-Christened Air Italy
It’s on. Etihad tried to remake Alitalia from the Worst Airline Ever into something amazing. That didn’t work. Now, Qatar Airways seems…
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3 Links I Love: Frontier’s Ever-Changing Network, Boeing Targets the A330neo, Tomorrow’s Aeronautical Museum
This week’s featured link: Travelers air frustration over changes by Frontier Airlines – Newsday Frontier is exceedingly quick at moving in and…
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Air Canada’s Basic Economy Introduction Shows How a Even a Slightly Smoother Booking Process Makes A Big Difference
Following in the footsteps of its American counterparts, Air Canada has decided to join the Basic Economy club on some domestic Canadian…
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Norwegian’s Awful 2017 Shows Mounting Challenges to the Business
I may not cover earnings reports all that often here, but when one comes out that’s as bad as Norwegian’s, I take…
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3 Links I Love: The Tale of the Mighty Seat Belt, Norwegian Hunts for Business Travelers, Lufthansa’s Two-Color Confusion
Decoding the Design of In-Flight Seat Belts – Atlas Obscura It takes skill to make an airplane seat belt into an interesting…
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Sampling American’s Completely Unnecessary Yet Oddly Appealing Flagship Dining Experience
I really don’t care about airline lounges. Sure, I’ll gladly check one out when given the opportunity just out of curiosity, but…
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JetBlue’s Weak Operational Performance Impacts More Than Just the Northeast
When I looked at 2017 operational performance earlier this year, I told you I was going to drill down a bit on…
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With Four More Tokyo/Haneda Slots, Delta Could Pull Out of Its Ever-Shrinking Narita Hub Entirely
If you like the game “death by a thousand cuts,” then you’ll love what Delta has been doing at Tokyo’s Narita Airport.…
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Cranky on the Web: Frontier’s New Cities
Frontier Airlines to start service from BHM – Birmingham Business Journal This was a rather strange discussion, because the reporter knew that…
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3 Links I Love: Lufthansa’s Acceptable New Livery, JetBlue’s West Coast Strategy Turns Angry, A Brief Book Report
This week’s featured link: Heritage meets the future. Lufthansa presents a new brand design. – Lufthansa Group Newsroom The new Lufthansa livery…
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Why are One-Way Fares So Expensive Internationally? (Ask Cranky)
It’s time for another Ask Cranky post, and this one focuses on my favorite topic: airline pricing. (Note: I’ve cleaned up the…