Recent Articles
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Alaska and Hawaiian Finalize the Merger After Agreeing to Largely Hollow DOT Conditions
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After the US Department of Justice (DOJ) decided to let the Alaska/Hawaiian merger review period pass without saying a word, it seemed like the merger…
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One Perfect Day in Friedrichschafen: Zeppelin Museum and Flight Plus the Dornier Museum
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The Rhine River takes a long and lazy trip through Europe from its beginnings in the Swiss Alps. The Alpine Rhine descends from the mountains…
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Frontier is Rather Upbeat These Days
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Frontier CEO Barry Biffle took the stage at Morgan Stanley’s 12th Annual Laguna Conference last week, and it was all unicorns and rainbows. Barry says…
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For Those Who Didn’t Attend, Here’s What You Missed at Cranky Dorkfest This Weekend
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Saturday was another successful Cranky Dorkfest, our biggest yet. Thank you to everyone who came out to LAX, and for those of you that didn’t……
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Delta’s Crash Course, United Reaches for the Stars
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Cranky Dorkfest is tomorrow (September 14)! I’m looking forward to seeing everyone. If you signed up for the morning LAX ramp visit, you’ve received the…
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Southwest Tries to End Elliott Threat By Sacrificing Gary Kelly
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Southwest hasn’t broken under the weight of its activist investor, Elliott, but it has now bent. It appears that the airline is making a calculated…
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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died 23 Years Ago Today
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Some years, this just sneaks up on me, and this is one of those years. It’s September 11, and that means today we honor those…
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American’s Muted Summer 2025 Schedule Highlights Three Trends
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American tried to spice things up with a teaser video for its summer 2025 European schedule reveal, but this wasn’t a spicy kind of announcement.…
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JetBlue is Doing the Easy Part Well, But The Hard Part is Coming
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JetBlue has put out some new updated guidance for Q3 of 2024, and it is looking (relatively) good. In a year when airlines have had…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: DOT Implements Loyalty Tests, AA’s AAdditions
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DOT Places Loyalty Programs Under Scrutiny The Department of Transportation opened an investigation into frequent flier and loyalty programs, specifically targeted at American, Delta, Southwest,…
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Amelia is a Real Airline, and More From My Air France Flights Home From Europe (Trip Report)
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Though I was ready to come home from our European adventure, I was not looking forward to our flights. We had several places we could…
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A Closer Look at the Problems that Face Frontier, Other ULCCs
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As the big ultra low cost carriers (ULCCs) continue to bleed money, many have asked questions about how things went so wrong so quickly. The…
