Brett
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Broken Fingers are Not Good For Writing Posts
This was not the post I had planned for today. Unfortunately, it looks like writing is going to become a lot harder…
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What United’s Now-Former Network Chief Says About the New Leadership Team
Talk about an eventful week. The day I posted my interview with Brian Znotins, VP of Network for United last week, he…
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Cranky on the Web: Animals on a Plane, Hubs vs Point-to-Point
Airlines plan new regulations for service animals in-flight – KPCC AirTalk I went on AirTalk to chat about service and emotional support…
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3 Links I Love: Air Berlin Restructures, American’s CIO, So Long Vin
Far-reaching restructuring of airberlin to deliver long-term growth – Air Berlin The long-rumored restructuring is here. Air Berlin, long shredding money, is…
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How Can Norwegian Fly Charters Between the US and Mexico? (Ask Cranky)
Back in July, Norwegian announced that it would start doing charter flying for Apple Vacations and Funjet Vacations this winter. That may…
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United’s Network Planning Chief Tells Me Whether Los Angeles is Still a Hub (Across the Aisle)
Update 9/27 at 412p PT: In a true coincidence, I’m told that Brian is no longer with United as of today. In…
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JetBlue’s Interest in Europe is No Surprise
Take a look at this route map, via Great Circle Mapper (he’s also made this the featured map for today): If you…
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Cranky on the Web: Loyalty and American, Emirates Seat Fee
Loyalty only goes so far as American Airlines, others revamp rewards programs – Dallas Morning News This was a broader look at…
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3 Links I Love: Low Cost Canada, Virgin No Votes, Marketing United
This week’s featured link: Can These New Airlines Bring Canada’s Sky-High Fares Back to Earth? – Bloomberg And the answer is, yes.…
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A New JetBlue Route and Finishing the Companion Pass Run (Trip Report)
For the 2nd year in a row, I attended the Boyd Conference. This year, however, it was up at Lake Tahoe, and…
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Delta Wants to Grow in Boston But This Isn’t Going to Look Like Seattle
With Delta’s recent ramp-up in Boston, there are rumors that the airline wants to do there what it’s already done in Seattle:…
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PSA and Another American Regional Boost Pay to Combat the Expected Pilot Shortage
It looks like the regional airline fight to hire enough pilots continues. Two of American’s wholly-owned regionals, Envoy and PSA, have announced…