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3 Links I Love: Shrinking A350 Seats, Zunum Death Watch, Seattle’s N Gates
This week’s featured link: Airbus changes tack on seat comfort, posits ‘sub-economy’ on A350 – Runway Girl NetworkOh Airbus. The company loves…
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Thanks to American, I Flew Southwest and JetBlue to Portland (Trip Report)
This trip should have been simple. We were having our annual Cranky Concierge team gathering in Portland (Oregon) and American’s award space…
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Sign-Ups for the LAX Airfield Tour Open This Friday at 10am PT
As mentioned a couple weeks ago, I’ve partnered with Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to add a bonus event to Cranky Dorkfest…
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Talking Onboard Product with Virgin Atlantic’s VP of Customer Experience (Across the Aisle)
As you might come to expect from an entity affiliated with Richard Branson, Virgin Atlantic celebrated the launch of its Los Angeles…
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American Has a Bad June, But United Wasn’t Much Better
Once June ended, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on full month performance data to see just how bad the month…
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Cranky on the Web: American’s Labor Problems
American Airlines says mechanics are causing delays. Now, a judge could force the union to pay for it – Dallas Morning News…
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3 Links I Love: Delta Ups Its Game, Ben Smith Ups Air France’s Game, Flair is In the Game
This week’s featured link: Welcome cocktails, hot towel service, bistro-style dining: Delta to debut wholly reinvented international Main Cabin experience – Delta…
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Air Canada’s Acquisition of Transat is a Forced Love Letter to Quebec
It’s been a month since Air Canada and Transat announced they were in exclusive merger negotiations. Now the deal has officially been…
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A Long Beach Story: JetBlue to the Bay Area, Southwest Back (Trip Report)
After my last Scotland travelogue, this one is going to be pretty boring, but hey, it still involves a flight and it’s…
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3 Links I Love: More MAX Delays, Death of the Widebody, A Massive Regional Gap
This week’s featured link: FAA and Boeing initially disagreed on severity of “catastrophic” 737 MAX software glitch – The Air CurrentBest I…
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Eurowings Needs Luck as It Tries to Implement a New, Coherent Strategy
Eurowings, Lufthansa’s lowish-cost group of airlines, is, to be polite, a mess. The cobbled-together jumble of airlines has resulted in losses —…
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An Expanded Cranky Dorkfest LAX Comes September 7
As you all know, Cranky Dorkfest LAX is a time-honored tradition with very little organization to it. You just show up, have…