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Virgin America’s Wireless Inflight Entertainment Isn’t Quite What You Might Think
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Last week at the APEX expo, Virgin America announced plans for its next generation inflight entertainment system. Wait, doesn’t Virgin America already have one of the best systems around? Why would the airline be doing…
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Cranky on the Web (September 11 – 16)
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Southwest to transform AirTran hub into ‘megacity’ – Atlanta Journal-Constitution I was asked what might happen when Southwest takes over the Atlanta operation for AirTran. Small cities might be most at risk. Keep your shoes…
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Topic of the Week: Icelandair in Denver
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Seems like a funny move – Icelandair will start flying from Denver to Iceland next year. Is this planning gone crazy, or is it a smart effort to capture one stop travelers to Europe from…
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Google Needs To Send Flight Search Back To The Hangar (Guest Post)
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I’ve finished up my week at APEX, and it was a great one. That being said, I have a ton of stuff to sort through for future posts, so I’ll be pretty busy until next…
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Help Me Plan a Trip to NYC with Trippy
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Who wants to help me plan my trip to New York this weekend? If you have a Facebook account, log on to Trippy and help. (Use beta code “cranky” to get access.) Trippy launched in…
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Air New Zealand Wins the Award for Best Single Achievement in the Passenger’s Experience
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Greetings from Seattle. It’s a busy week here at the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) 2011 Expo. I’ll be writing about several things over the next couple weeks, but I wanted to start with the…
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Frequent Flier Redemption Engines Have a Ways to Go
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Two new websites have popped up with the specific purpose of trying to make frequent flier mile redemption easier: PointHub and MileWise. That sounds like a good plan to me, but I thought I’d put…
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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died Ten Years Ago Today
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It’s a rare Sunday post here on Cranky, but of course, it’s no ordinary Sunday. It’s been 10 years since four aircraft were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a…
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Cranky on the Web (September 5 – 9)
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What ‘trusted traveler’ means to you – CNN Out of the Office Talking a little bit about the TSA’s proposed new “known” or “trusted” traveler program. Tales of 9/11: The Cranky Flier remembers the day…
