Brett
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Should United De-Hub Los Angeles? It Already Has.
There has been a consistent drumbeat regarding United for years in the analyst community: it has too many hubs and needs to…
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Looking Back on 10 Cranky Years
Ten years ago tomorrow, I published my very first post, Welcome from the Cranky Flier. Since then, I’ve published just shy of…
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Cranky on the Web: How Airline Systems Work, Delta Questions, Handling Tight Connections, Cranky’s Adventure
How do airline computer systems work? – CNN Money I am no expert on IT, but CNN still wanted to get a…
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3 Links I Love: Delta’s Tech Mess, Phil Bakes Dies
This week’s featured link: Chief Operating Officer gives Delta operations update – Delta News Hub And here’s what Delta said happened in…
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Delta Begins to Further Dismantle Its Tokyo/Narita Hub
Yesterday Delta posted a new item on its News Hub entitled “Q&A with APAC SVP: Delta remains committed to Asia despite Haneda…
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9 Airports, 1 Day: Follow Cranky All Day Long
The day has finally arrived. Assuming everything runs on time, I’ll be taking 8 Southwest flights touching 9 airports today both to…
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9 Airports, 1 Day: How to Follow Along Tomorrow
Tomorrow is the big day. Assuming everything runs on time, I’ll take 8 Southwest flights touching 9 airports, all within the State…
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3 Links I Love: Why Southwest Says Its IT Failed, Calls for Southwest CEO’s Head, Talking Alaska-Virgin America
This week’s featured link: Southwest CEO: Router failure that grounded flights equated to ‘once-in-a-thousand-year flood’ – Dallas Morning News Something tells me…
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The Ten Most Viewed Cranky Posts
I told you I’d put together a couple of special Wednesday posts to look back on the past 10 years, but this…
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Allegiant’s Transformation Leads to a New Aircraft Order
I’ve always talked about Allegiant as an airline that loves buying cheap, older aircraft, so was I surprised when the airline announced…
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Spirit Does Its Best AirTran Impersonation
When Bob Fornaro took over as President and CEO of Spirit earlier this year, we knew there would be changes to the…
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3 Links I Love: Middle East Fight Continues, Qatar Goes Italian, Lumexis Goodbye
This week’s featured link: The Middle Carrier Fight Isn’t Dead – Twitter If you read only BoardingArea blogs, you might think that…