November 2023
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Aerolíneas Argentinas is About to be Fed to the Wolves and That’s Ok
In case you were wondering, no, México and Italy do not have a monopoly on bad airline strategies. Argentina has long been…
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Mexicana’s Delayed Launch Plan Comes Into Focus, and The News is Not Good
The new Mexicana — a brand purchased by the Mexican government to be run as a military airline — was hoping to…
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A Stellar Holiday Operation Leaves the Media Digging Deep for Bad Stories
As usual, I loaded up the car and headed with the family to Arizona for Thanksgiving weekend. Other than occasional slow traffic…
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Help Me as I Look to Update Cranky Flier
If you’re a subscriber to Cranky Flier emails, you know that there have been some delivery issues lately. Of course, posts have…
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Allegiant Tests the Waters At Orlando International On Its Busiest Routes
Allegiant has decided to go back into Orlando International Airport (MCO) for the first time in over a decade. This doesn’t mean…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: AMS Angry That It’s Open for Business, Allegiant Throws Darts
Dutch Government Suspends Flight Restrictions The Dutch federal government pumped the brakes on its previous plan to cap the number of flights…
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American Continues Push to Create a Completely Different (and Increasingly Non-Existent) Sales Team
Over the last year, American has undertaken a complete reimagining of its sales programs. It slashed half its staff, eliminated discounts for…
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Flydubai Takes on Widebodies as Emirates Stays Above the Fray
You’ve probably heard of flydubai, but you also probably think of it as a small airline that flies 737s on the routes…
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Mexico City’s New Airport is a Mess, but Tulum’s Will Be a Winner
I’ve written about the Mexico City’s trainwreck of an airport problem more than once, but I really haven’t dedicated enough space to…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: MileagePlus Changes, Breeze Blows Into 7 New Cities
United MileagePlus Takes First Step Towards Revenue-Only Model United isn’t ready to go full-SkyMiles yet but is moving in that direction as…
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Heading to Phoenix for the World Series (Trip Report)
Game 5 of the NLCS may have been awful, but games 6 and 7 were incredible and the Diamondbacks moved on to…
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Frontier Plans Shift to an Out-and-Back European Operation Model
Frontier may have revenue problems, as we discussed last week. But here’s the thing about revenue problems… they are a lot less…