Recent Articles
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Across the Aisle From ANA’s Americas Strategy Boss On New US Destinations, A380s, and More
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Hopefully you’ve enjoyed reading my Across the Aisle interviews from the Boyd Conference earlier this month (Virgin America and Air Canada). We’re now down to…
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Lufthansa is Not Happy About Reports That Seem to Accurately Show Bookings are Down
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Back in June, Lufthansa Group announced that any bookings made through a global distribution system (GDS) would have a 16 euro fee tacked on. At…
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Cranky on the Web – Will JetBlue Ever Come to Cincinnati?
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What’s it going to take to get JetBlue? – Cincinnati Enquirer Cincinnati apparently really wants JetBlue, but it seems to me that’s unlikely with Delta…
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Topic of the Week: Your Favorite Book About the Airline Industry
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I’ve just finished re-reading (for the 10th time, probably) my favorite book ever written about the airline industry… Hard Landing by Thomas Petzinger Jr. If…
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The Innovative GatwickConnects Allows You to Connect Between Airlines That Don’t Work Together Without the Risk
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Ultra low cost carriers are great at bringing low fares to places, but they don’t really help connect people into the broader air travel network.…
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Where I Ditch The Airplane for a Drive Through the Desert (Trip Report)
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I realize this is about as far from a normal trip report as I’ve written, but it’s what led me to drive on this trip…
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Air Canada’s President Goes Across the Aisle to Talk About Adding Seats to Airplanes, the Rise of Rouge, and More
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When I was at the Boyd conference in Vegas a couple weeks ago, I had the chance to sit down with several airline execs. You…
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Topic of the Week: Do You Like Delta’s Pay Raise?
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Delta announced what, on the surface, looks like big pay raises for non-union employees this week. Wages will rise 14.5 percent. In addition, Delta will…
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If You’re Going to Charge for Seat Assignments, Lufthansa, You Better Well Honor Them (Tales from the Field)
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Lufthansa is probably the most hated airline in the travel agent world these days for a variety of reasons. It just started charging a surcharge…
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American Really Screwed Up When It Sent the Wrong Airplane to Hawai’i
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File this one under “how the hell did that happen?” On August 31, American sent an A321 from LA to Honolulu that wasn’t allowed to…
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Delta’s Reason For Killing Its Interline Agreement With American Makes No Sense
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American and Delta have announced that they’ll be ending their interline agreement on September 14. I immediately assumed this was Delta’s doing, and sure enough,…
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Thanks for Coming to Cranky Dorkfest
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Thanks to everyone who came to Cranky Dorkfest at the In ‘n Out at LAX yesterday. It was a great gathering of probably about 40…
