2019
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Cranky on the Web: An Interview With Me
Have We Reached Peak Airline Complexity? – kambr.mediaHere’s a wide-ranging interview I did with Kambr touching everything from my background to what’s…
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3 Links I Love: Delta’s Focus Cities, Delta Fixes American’s Failures, Reviving the Theme Building
This week’s featured link: ANALYSIS: What makes a focus city for Delta? – FlightGlobalHere’s an interesting look at how Delta views its…
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Mitsubishi Introduces the Efficient But Range-Limited SpaceJet M100 for the US Market
The Paris Air Show opens next week, and that’s always a big venue for aircraft-related announcements. Mitsubishi, however, has decided to jump…
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What is Preventing American’s Mechanics and Rampers From Having a Joint Contract
I went through the short but tortured history of American’s negotiations with its mechanics and rampers yesterday, so today let’s get into…
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A Brief History: American Still Has No Joint Contract With Its Mechanics and Rampers After Five Years
The rhetoric has ramped up dramatically, and the lengthy contract negotiation between American and both its mechanics and fleet service workers (aka…
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3 Links I Love: Boeing’s Fall Continues, A Big JetBlue Loss, Hawaiian Fights LAX
This week’s featured link: Boeing Built Deadly Assumptions Into 737 Max, Blind to a Late Design Change – The New York TimesWhat…
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American and Qantas Get Tentative Joint Venture Approval… With Conditions
American finally received some good news this week. After getting rejected once, the airline received tentative approval from the US Department of…
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Transport Potpourri: A Ferry, Bus, and Train from Islay to London (A Cranky Travelogue)
After finishing up tasting at Caol Ila, it was time to begin the long journey home via ferry, bus, train, subway, and…
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Across the Aisle From TAP CEO Antonoaldo Neves
This summer, TAP Air Portugal continues its rapid expansion by adding three new destinations in the US: Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington/Dulles.…
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Cranky on the Web: Via Goes Down
BHM confident in airport traffic growth despite losing Via Airlines – Birmingham Business JournalI realize this is behind a paywall that many…
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3 Links I Love: Mitsubishi Targets the US, A Successful A380, Iceland’s Wow Pain
This week’s featured link: Mitsubishi to turn MRJ into cheaper, smaller ‘Space Jet’ – Nikkei Asian ReviewIt is going to be really…
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Who the F*&@ is Ernest?
Someone first mentioned the Italian airline Ernest to me many months ago, and my initial response was… say what? I sat on…