January 2026
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Earnings Roll In, United Launches the Next Attack
AA’s Close to 2025 Could Have Been Worse, but Not by Much American’s Q4 and 2025 earnings were released this week and…
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Cincinnati and the Ghosts of Comair
If Memphis was Northwest’s way of getting geographically beyond its core hubs, Cincinnati did the same thing for Delta but in reverse.…
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United To Take Chicago by Force, Will Hit 750 Peak Day Departures
What a difference a day makes. After writing about the escalating war between United and American yesterday, United has decided it is…
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The War Between American and United Continues to Escalate
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a good, old-fashioned, knock-down war between two airlines, but sure enough it seems that we are…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: American Continues Quest for Chicago, United’s Very Profitable Year
American Takes Direct Aim at United One day after United CEO Scott Kirby said his airline will match any growth by American…
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Delta Keeps Getting Bigger With B787-10 Order
It had been rumored for a long time, but Delta finally made it official during its recent earnings call when it said…
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United’s Hiring of Former American CCO Is Wise, Not Spite
You may have heard that news that former American Chief Commercial Officer Vasu Raja has been hired by United Airlines to temporarily…
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Cranky on the Web: Frontier’s Short Window, Avelo’s Pivot
Frontier Airlines is not selling tickets for flights beyond April 13. Why? – ABC27 Airline Weekly founder Seth Kaplan is asking the…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Allegiant Shifts Focus from Sunseeker to Sun Country, Delta’s 2025 Was Cash Friendly
Two Leisure Airlines Walk Into a Merger Remember mad libs? This is the airline merger version of that, as Allegiant and Sun…
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Announcing the 2026 Cranky Network Award Nominations
The most exciting time of the year has finally arrived. It’s awards season! Today, I’m pleased to reveal the nominations for the…
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Avelo Pivots Again, This Time Toward a Single Strategy
Avelo has been hard to pin down, as I’ve written in several previous posts. But now, flush with a new cash infusion,…
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Allegiant to Buy Sun Country and I’m Not Sure Why
It was just another peaceful Sunday until the press release crossed the wire. Allegiant has decided to buy Sun Country, and unless…