Brett
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DOT Says Virgin America is a US Citizen, But It Requires Significant Concessions
The DOT has ruled once again that the “America” in Virgin America isn’t a lie. Despite Alaska Airlines’ efforts to have the…
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Cranky on the Web (January 4 – 8)
Short Haul Air Travelers Aren’t Buying Premium Tickets, May Be a Permanent Change – BNET Premium air traffic numbers are looking a…
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Posting a Blogging Code of Ethics
Ethics has been a hot topic in the world of blogging lately, and after a recent discussion in the comment section on…
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Air Asia and Jetstar Form an Alliance, But You’ll Never Notice
If I told you that two of the largest low cost carriers in the Asia Pacific region got together to form an…
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Mesa Files Bankruptcy, Looks to Shrink By Nearly Half
Mesa Air Group has finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a very long downhill slide. I imagine that there’s not a…
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2009 Was a Very Safe Year for Air Travel
I don’t like to dwell on these end-of-year facts and figures too often, but sometimes I think it’s worth pausing to take…
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What’s the Deal with Premium Economy? (Ask Cranky)
Happy New Year, everyone. I’ve been looking through my old drafts, and I realized there were a couple of posts that never…
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Cranky on the Web (December 28 – January 1)
Delta Air Lines’ New York Chief Explains How They’ll Win New York – BNET I keep hearing that Delta wants to “win”…
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Airlines We Lost in 2009
Long time readers of the blog know that I have a little tradition here as each year comes to a close. I…
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A First Class Experience on American Airlines (Trip Report)
As usual, we had a fun but short weekend in Indianapolis. After having my fill of good food and hanging out with…
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Finally Flying Midwest, er Frontier, er Chautauqua (Trip Report)
It seems like I’ve been trying to fly Midwest for years. When I was in school in DC in the ’90s, I…
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New TSA Rules Actually Make the Liquid Rule Look Rational
I’m back home from my holiday trip, and I have my trip report ready to go, but then someone tried to blow…