Brett
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Topic of the Week: American’s Tech Problems
American had a big mess on its hands this week when the link with Sabre went down and it had to stop…
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One Step Closer to a Better Way to Sell Airline Tickets
As you know, I was in Dublin last week for the CAPA Airlines in Transition conference. But it was Travelport that brought…
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A Mediocre American Experience to the Land of Guinness (Trip Report)
With my previous Irish experience being a mere hour connecting in Shannon, I was doubly excited to be invited to the CAPA…
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Frontier Brackets Philly With Wilmington Flights
Back in the day, Southwest was known for using a bracketing strategy around big cities. For example, it served Manchester to get…
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Cranky on the Web (April 8 – 12)
How to Avoid an In-Flight Entertainment Incident on United – Perrin Post on Conde Nast Wendy asked me which flights on United…
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Four Hidden Pieces of History at LAX
Thanks to Chris Sloan of Airchive, I recently had the chance to take a couple hour tour around the grounds at Los…
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Does JetBlue’s Northeast-Florida Strategy Make Sense, and What About Worcester? (Ask Cranky)
We have a two part Ask Cranky today. To be honest, I wasn’t going to address this on the blog, but I…
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The Rise of the 50 Seat Regional Jet
I realize the title of this post probably has a lot of you scratching your heads. The 50 seat regional jet is…
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Cranky on the Web (April 1 – 5)
Doug Parker Decides ‘Small is Beautiful’ – Doesn’t Want AA-US Merger After Livery Concerns – Gadling Another April Fools’ post from me.…
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Topic of the Week: Do You Feel Safe Flying into an Airport Without a Tower?
As the government continues to fail to do anything about the sequester cuts, the time has come to start closing control towers…
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Allegiant Slashes Hawai’i Flying This Fall, and It Shouldn’t be a Surprise
The only thing I’d heard surrounding Allegiant’s Hawai’i flying recently was regarding mechanical problems impacting half the 757 fleet. That caused a…