August 2025
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Froniter’s Spirited Route Expansion, Mexico City Returns its Slots Over the Wall
Frontier Smells ULCC Blood, Expands its Frontiers Frontier dropped 20 new routes into its network like confetti this week, spanning Baltimore, Charlotte,…
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Frontier Won’t Achieve Its Stated Goal, But What It Really Wants is For Spirit to Die
In a bold pronouncement, Frontier has come out saying that it “commits to being the #1 low fare carrier in the Top…
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A Visit to the Memorial for Alaska 261
Oxnard (in California) is not a household name, but it is a spot I visited as a kid growing up in the…
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Austin Growth Highlights Differences Between Cautious Delta and Frenzied American
Delta last week announced it would continue its slow growth of Austin as a focus city, adding three new destinations while cutting…
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Cranky on the Web: Spirit’s Trouble
Spirit Airlines is on shakier ground after avoiding hard decisions in bankruptcy – CNBCSpirit continues to teeter, most recently agreeing to extend…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Alaska Redefines Loyalty, Delta Asks All of Us for Help
Alaska’s New Loyalty Scheme Alaska must have gotten a 2-for-1 deal with its consultants that come up with its new livery for…
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Atmos Rewards Pushes the Burden of Elite Status Further on to the Alaska and Hawaiian Customer
Alaska and Hawaiian officially rolled out their new combined loyalty program yesterday called Atmos Rewards. In short, the program largely stays similar…
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RSVPs and T-Shirts for Cranky Dorkfest
Cranky Dorkfest is less than a month away on September 13 (full details here), and I have two updates for you: 1)…
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Three Big Airlines, Three Very Different Approaches to Long-Haul
I’ve had a lot of offline discussion about aircraft configuration and premium focus as of late, so I decided it was time…
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Southwest’s Big Schedule Restructure Caters to Connections
Southwest extended its schedule from early March to early April last week. Sure it included a new city — Knoxville — but…
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Cranky on the Web: Cheap Seats Disappearing, Blocking Middles, Alaska’s Strategy
Why Cheap Airline Seats Are Getting Harder to Find – The Wall Street Journal (Subscription required)The numbers suggest that fares are starting…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Spirit Gasps for Air, Delta’s Mexican JV Does the Same
Book Now on Spirit, While Supplies Last Spirit Airlines said in its recent 10-Q that there’s “substantial doubt” it can survive the…