Recent Articles
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Alaska’s New Scheme, JetBlue Retreats in LA
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Alaska’s Latest Scheme: $5 For What? Alaska Airlines rolled out a new $5 per month subscription which it describes as being ideal for “savvy, price-conscious…
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JetBlue’s Long-Desired West Coast Focus City Dream Dies in June
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The way JetBlue tells it, Los Angeles remains an important focus city and a crew base, but this week’s big cuts in LA starting for…
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Pilot Scope is American’s Secret Weapon, But It Should Tread Carefully
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Editor’s Note: The original version of this post included American opportunity based on 965 aircraft in mainline fleet. The scope clause is based on narrowbody…
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Frontier Makes a Play for Business Travel
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It is not often that you would expect to hear the words “Frontier” and “Business Travel” in the same sentence, but the airline has made…
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Cranky on the Web: Low Fares in Orlando and Vegas, US and Mexico Trouble
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With so many flights, customers find low fares to Orlando, Las Vegas. Will it last? – TPGHere’s a look at the big capacity jumps in…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Frontier Ditches the Middle, Argentina and Brazil Cozy Up
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Froniter’s European Flair Industry experts have commonly referred to Frontier as America’s most-European carrier, and the airline is leaning into the reputation after announcing that…
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Introducing The Air Show Podcast Where I Join Forces With Brian Sumers and Jon Ostrower
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After last year’s Cranky Dorkfest, I headed over to The Proud Bird to relax and watch more airplanes, because… well what is more fun that…
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A Walk Through Hawaiian’s New, Well-Designed 787
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It has been a long road for Hawaiian to figure out how to replace (er, augment?) its Airbus A330 fleet with a new flagship, but…
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Avelo’s First Profitable Quarter is a Milestone
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It has actually happened. Avelo made money. Well, at least, it made a pre-tax profit in the fourth quarter of 2023. We don’t have the…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue and Spirit End Things, United Grows Overseas
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JetBlue, Spirit Agree to See Other People The long romance is finally over as JetBlue and Spirit formally agreed to end their courtship and move…
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A Closer Look at American’s Focus on Increasing Network Superiority
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I already tackled the commercial strategy laid out in American’s investor presentation from earlier this week, but these charts just keep calling my name. Today,…
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Armed With Tortured Data, American Takes Its Old New York Strategy Systemwide
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American Airlines held its first investor day in years yesterday, and while several execs did a good job highlighting many of the changes going on…
