Brett
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Delta May Now Walk Away From Its Old Tokyo Hub
The big expansion of flights between the US and Tokyo’s close-in Haneda airport is now set. While every airline that applied got…
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3 Links I Love: WestJet Gets Bought, The Great Airline War, The Long Way Home
This week’s featured link: Onex shakes up Canada’s airline industry with all-cash deal to buy WestJet – The Globe and MailWestJet is…
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Don’t Waste the Effort, Let Air Italy Fail On Its Own
The big three US airlines (American, Delta, and United) have been hammering on the big three Middle East carriers (Emirates, Etihad, and…
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An Evening in Edinburgh (A Cranky Travelogue)
Since this one isn’t about airlines at all, I’m publishing it as a bonus Wednesday post. I had been to Edinburgh exactly…
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Can Thomas Cook’s Airlines Help Lufthansa Group’s Eurowings?
Thomas Cook is one of the most storied names in European travel, but it has not been doing well financially. Now the…
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Heathrow’s Terminal 2 and Flybe to Edinburgh (A Cranky Travelogue)
I had made it to London, and that meant I had only one flight left that day, my first on the recently…
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3 Links I Love: Branson in the Caribbean, Long Beach Slots, The Return of Peotone
This week’s featured link: Virgin Atlantic boss expresses interest in investing in LIAT – The Daily HeraldRichard Branson has a track record…
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Asiana Tries to Shrink Its Way Out of Trouble
It has been — to be understated — a very bad year for Asiana, the second largest airline in South Korea. Years…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Capt Korry Franke on Flying the 737
You might recognize the name Korry Franke from this blog. He’s the Captain for United who wrote the book 3 Feet to…
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Air Canada Business Class Via Vancouver to London (A Cranky Travelogue)
Once I had finished with planning my Islay pilgrimage, I barely had enough time to get excited for the trip before it…
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3 Links I Love: Regionals Get Together, Emirates Talks, The TWA Font
This weeks’ featured link: Southern Airways Announces Strategic Minority Investment By SkyWest, New Alliance Between the Companies – Southern Airways ExpressWell if…
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A Last Minute Pilgrimage to Islay, the Home of Scotland’s Peatiest Whisky (A Cranky Travelogue)
It’s usually a surprise to people when they hear that I haven’t done a true long-haul trip in a few years. Heck,…