Recent Articles
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3 Links I Love: The Tale of the Mighty Seat Belt, Norwegian Hunts for Business Travelers, Lufthansa’s Two-Color Confusion
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Decoding the Design of In-Flight Seat Belts – Atlas Obscura It takes skill to make an airplane seat belt into an interesting story, but Atlas…
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Sampling American’s Completely Unnecessary Yet Oddly Appealing Flagship Dining Experience
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I really don’t care about airline lounges. Sure, I’ll gladly check one out when given the opportunity just out of curiosity, but as long as…
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JetBlue’s Weak Operational Performance Impacts More Than Just the Northeast
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When I looked at 2017 operational performance earlier this year, I told you I was going to drill down a bit on some of the…
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With Four More Tokyo/Haneda Slots, Delta Could Pull Out of Its Ever-Shrinking Narita Hub Entirely
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If you like the game “death by a thousand cuts,” then you’ll love what Delta has been doing at Tokyo’s Narita Airport. With the creation…
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Cranky on the Web: Frontier’s New Cities
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Frontier Airlines to start service from BHM – Birmingham Business Journal This was a rather strange discussion, because the reporter knew that Frontier was announcing…
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3 Links I Love: Lufthansa’s Acceptable New Livery, JetBlue’s West Coast Strategy Turns Angry, A Brief Book Report
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This week’s featured link: Heritage meets the future. Lufthansa presents a new brand design. – Lufthansa Group Newsroom The new Lufthansa livery is out and…
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Why are One-Way Fares So Expensive Internationally? (Ask Cranky)
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It’s time for another Ask Cranky post, and this one focuses on my favorite topic: airline pricing. (Note: I’ve cleaned up the language in the…
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Lufthansa Group Slowly Chips Away at European Boundaries With Brussels Airlines Changes
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Airline consolidation in Europe has gone very differently from how it’s gone here in the US. Unlike the true mergers we have here, Europeans have…
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United Should Have Thought Through Paid Basic Economy Seat Assignments Before Launching
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I continue to beat my head against the wall as I watch the legacy carriers find new ways to screw up implementing Basic Economy. This…
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3 Links I Love: Remote Air Traffic Control, Heating Runways, an Airline to Make You Appreciate the US Carriers
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Sorry for the delay this morning. It helps if I remember to actually schedule it to publish… This week’s featured link: Controlling An Airport From…
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The State of Qatar Promises Reforms to Its Airline Because It Needs a Friend
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Qatar (the country) has been in a sticky situation for some time now. With many of its Arab neighbors accusing the country of meddling in…
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Washington’s Paine Field Begins Commercial Service This Fall and It’s Already Out of Room
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There’s nothing quite like building a brand-spanking-new terminal only to find out that it’s completely full before it even opens. This sounds like really poor…
