May 2026
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: LGA Slots Up for Bid, United’s Next Move
Interested in LGA Slots? Now’s Your Time to Shine As Spirit continues to liquidate on its way out the door, the shuttered…
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San Jose Just Keeps Growing in a Straight Line
I’ve written a lot about American’s former hubs in recent posts of this series, but none of them can say they were…
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Allegiant Tries Something New in Fort Lauderdale
Allegiant’s strategy has always focused on finding markets that others wouldn’t serve. Whether it’s because the route was too small for anyone…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Spirit’s Dire Straits, Allegiant Grows in Florida
Spirit’s March was Bad, Like Really, Really Bad The airline may not be flying anymore, but the bankruptcy continues on. Spirit filed…
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Massport and Landline Now Let You Skip Security at Boston Logan
Landline has been something of a chameleon. Yes it’s a bus operator that likes to masquerade as a regional airline, but it’s…
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Sapporo Is a New Kind of Long-Haul Market
One of the problems that has long plagued airlines in their long-haul networks is what to do with their widebody fleet during…
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JetBlue is Making Fort Lauderdale Into Its First Hub
I’ve talked about how JetBlue has been making a push to replace Spirit in Fort Lauderdale and become a clear number one…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Allegiant and Sun Country Make it Official, So Do UA’s FAs
Allegiant and Sun Country: ‘Til Death do They Part Allegiant’s acquisition of Sun Country officially closed on Wednesday, attaching the two at…
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RDU Got (Its Terminal) Knocked Down and Then Got Up Again
Let’s talk about another brief American hub adventure, this time it’s the one in Raleigh/Durham. The airport built its first terminal in…
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There’s a Lot to Learn From Alaska’s Return to Long Beach
Alaska made me happy last week. The airline announced it would finally return to Long Beach after an absence of more than…
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The Two Airlines That Had the Best Q1
I’ve been so focused on Spirit lately, I’ve been neglecting some of the broader industry stories. With Frontier having finally reported its…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Airlines Fill Spirit-Sized Gaps, Frontier’s Record Revenue
JetBlue Grows Fort Lauderdale in Spirit’s Absence One person’s trash is another’s, well, you know. And in that vein, JetBlue Airways, now…