Recent Articles
-
Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Spirit’s New Frontier, JetBlue in the Black
–
A New Era is Coming for Spirit The Spirit Airlines we all knew and loved — or at least loved to hate — is on…
-
I’m Taking a Break, So Here Are Some Things to Keep You Busy
–
I almost never take a break. Even if I’m traveling somewhere, I usually end up pre-writing posts so that you don’t even know I’m gone.…
-
Cranky Dorkfest 2024 is September 14, Sign Up for the Ramp Visit NOW
–
It’s been a long time since I first announced that Cranky Dorkfest will be on Saturday, September 14, so this seemed like a great time…
-
How Southwest’s Extra Legroom and Assigned Seating Might Work
–
Southwest was a news machine last week. After posting a bad quarter with an even worse outlook, it announced redeyes and most importantly, the introduction…
-
Delta Seems to Have Learned Nothing From Southwest’s 2022 Meltdown
–
On July 19, the world learned the name CrowdStrike. That day, the company had uploaded a corrupted update to its clients’ computers that use the…
-
Cranky on the Web: The ULCC Cycle of Death, Southwest Seating
–
Brian and I tackle what I’m now calling the ULCC cycle of death. I may have coined the term, but really, we’re just talking about…
-
Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Southwest Shakes Things Up, Delta Shirks Responsibility from Totally Not Self-Inflicted Operational Misadventure
–
A New Era is Coming for Southwest Southwest Airlines dropped a bombshell on Thursday, confirming the worst-kept secret in the industry. The carrier plans to…
-
Southwest’s First Redeyes Arrive on Valentine’s Day
–
It’s been talked about for eons, and now, it is actually happening. Southwest is going to start its first redeyes on February 13 with an…
-
The Premium Boom Continues: The Race is On to Grow Short-Haul Opportunity
–
As we discussed yesterday, in the long-haul market, premium upsell options have long been part of the game, but in the short-haul market, that has…
-
The Premium Boom Continues: Airlines Learn From Long-Haul Success
–
The announcements seem to be coming fast and furious. Coming out of the pandemic, people have shown a rapidly-increasing willigness to pay up for more…
-
Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: The Crowd Strikes Back, A Pair of Good Earnings Reports
–
CrowdStrike Brings Airlines to Their Knees You may not have heard of CrowdStrike previously, but today it becomes a househould name as the company pushed…
-
Alaska Continues to Crush It In Summer, But It Has Winter Problems
–
Alaska announced its Q2 earnings yesterday, and the results were predictably very good. The airline beat estimates and came through with a 15.8 percent margin…
