Brett
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Lufthansa Group’s Acquisition of ITA Hits a Snag
It’s been far too long since I’ve written about the worst airline ever, but now seemed like the right time to jump…
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Breeze Shows the Value of NDC with New Priceline Deal
I’ve spent a lot of time talking about the implementation of New Distribution Capability (NDC) by the airlines and global distribution systems…
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See the Best of the Cranky Network Awards in 15 Minutes
I promised it was coming, and that day has come. I’m pleased to present the 15-minute version of the 2024 Cranky Network…
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JetBlue’s Long-Desired West Coast Focus City Dream Dies in June
The way JetBlue tells it, Los Angeles remains an important focus city and a crew base, but this week’s big cuts in…
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Pilot Scope is American’s Secret Weapon, But It Should Tread Carefully
Editor’s Note: The original version of this post included American opportunity based on 965 aircraft in mainline fleet. The scope clause is…
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Frontier Makes a Play for Business Travel
It is not often that you would expect to hear the words “Frontier” and “Business Travel” in the same sentence, but the…
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Cranky on the Web: Low Fares in Orlando and Vegas, US and Mexico Trouble
With so many flights, customers find low fares to Orlando, Las Vegas. Will it last? – TPGHere’s a look at the big…
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Introducing The Air Show Podcast Where I Join Forces With Brian Sumers and Jon Ostrower
After last year’s Cranky Dorkfest, I headed over to The Proud Bird to relax and watch more airplanes, because… well what is…
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A Walk Through Hawaiian’s New, Well-Designed 787
It has been a long road for Hawaiian to figure out how to replace (er, augment?) its Airbus A330 fleet with a…
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Avelo’s First Profitable Quarter is a Milestone
It has actually happened. Avelo made money. Well, at least, it made a pre-tax profit in the fourth quarter of 2023. We…
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A Closer Look at American’s Focus on Increasing Network Superiority
I already tackled the commercial strategy laid out in American’s investor presentation from earlier this week, but these charts just keep calling…
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Armed With Tortured Data, American Takes Its Old New York Strategy Systemwide
American Airlines held its first investor day in years yesterday, and while several execs did a good job highlighting many of the…