Recent Articles
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American Makes The Week Interesting While Others Do Their Housekeeping
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Love was in the air in Airlineville this weekend. And by that, I mean the airlines LOVED making more cuts. Too much of a stretch?…
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3 Links I Love: Delta Blocking, United Dreaming, Allegiant Growing, Mirabel Remembering
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This week’s featured link Delta extends middle seat blocking through April 2021; Only U.S. airline to continue providing more space for customers – Delta News…
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ULCCs Begin to Allow Bookings VERY Far in Advance
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Since the dawn of time (or computer reservation systems), airlines have generally coalesced around the idea of taking bookings no more than 330ish days before…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – How COVID is Impacting Airline Schedules
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Cranky Talk – How COVID is Impacting Airline Schedules Every Monday, I talk about the various airline schedule changes that happened during the previous week.…
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Yes More Furloughs are Coming, No Don’t Bail The Airlines Out Again
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We are now less than 60 days from the expiration of the government’s Payroll Support Program (PSP) version 2.0, and that means it’s time to…
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Escalating the Battle for LA, a Chicago Twist, and One Airline Goes Big
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After the torrid pace of change last week, things slowed down a bit in Airlineville this week. But that doesn’t mean that the data coming…
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3 Links I Love: Geneva Goes Down, New Mint, Qantas Embraers, Boeing NMA
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This week’s featured link SWISS temporarily reduces its Geneva flight operations to an absolute minimum in view of further-tightened travel restrictions – SWISS NewsroomThings are…
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Lufthansa’s Confusing Low-Cost Journey Goes In Circles Once Again
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Six months ago, Lufthansa Group puzzlingly announced that it would create a new airline to act as its long-haul, low-cost operation. With a project codename…
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Delta Tempts Fate as It Triples Down on Health and Safety
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Thank you once again to our sponsor TheAirchive.net for supporting Cranky! It’s a Delta-focused post, so I had to pick something from the Delta Heritage…
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Cuts, Cuts, and More Cuts Begin to Bleed Into Spring Break
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The Airchive is back for another week. Thanks to them for supporting Cranky! TheAirchive.Net is a vast aviation archive of thousands and thousands of items of #AvGeek…
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3 Links I Love: American Dropping the Hammer, Project New Norwegian, Avatar Billions
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This week’s featured link An update on Booking and Ticketing Practices – American SalesLinkI can’t link directly to this, but if you scroll down on…
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COVID Finally Forces Airlines to Help Travelers With International Travel Rules
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Thank you once again to this week’s sponsor, The Airchive for supporting Cranky! I’ve gone back into The Airchive’s archives — say that five times…