Recent Articles
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Mark Your Calendars: Cranky Dorkfest 2025 is September 13
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Ho, ho, ho fellow airline dorks. As you gather with your family and plot out plans for next year… take a little time to mark…
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Alaska Optimizes Flying by Retiming A321s and Hubbing Portland
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Alaska was busy working on integrating its Hawaiian fleet this past weekend. I should be mad that they dumped all these changes right before the…
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The Air Show’s Last Episode of the Year + Holiday Posting Schedule
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It’s that time of the year when everything grinds to a halt. That means there’s not a lot of news, but there are still some…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK: United Grows in Denver, Southwests Gets a Passing Grade
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For United, Some Roads from Denver Lead to Rome United Airlines announced eight new nonstop routes from its Denver hub this week including service to…
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Air Canada Rouge Grows Again, Swaps Its Fleet
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Air Canada held its investor day this week, and it had a 162-slide presentation going through all of its plans. While the main goal of…
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Only Russia is Holding India Back
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When I looked at the Chinese market, one of the comments asked me to do a similar look at India. I’m happy to oblige. And…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Start to Move Metal Around
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We’ve seen bits and pieces of Alaska’s plans for its integration with Hawaiian, but this weekend the airline loaded its first major schedule shift. A…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK: FAA’s Captain Abandons Ship, JetBlue Gets (First) Classy
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FAA Administrator to Resign FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker announced this week he would resign at the end of president Biden’s term in office next month,…
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JetBlue Turns Europe from Business to Leisure in Two Short Years
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I know, you were probably expecting me to talk about JetBlue finally confirming to the Wall Street Journal it will install a domestic First Class…
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The Cranky Confab Joins the Cranky Network Awards Lineup
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We are just a little over two months away from the 2025 Cranky Network Awards presented by Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on February 27,…
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Alaska Goes Global With New Asia Flying, Hear From CEO Ben Minicucci About This and So Much More
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Today’s post is coming a bit earlier than normal, and that’s because Alaska has just announced a whole lot of news in advance of today’s…
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Tulum Falls Flat After Its First Summer
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Tulum was supposed to be a monster. Leading up to the new airport’s opening up to international travel in March of this year, airlines began…
