Brett
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Spirit’s November Data Is Here and It Ain’t Pretty
I was done for the year. Oh sure, I have the usual year-end posts, but I was ready to take a break.…
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Viva and Volaris Propose a Merger of Equals to Dominate México
I did not see this one coming. Mexico’s two biggest airlines have proposed a merger of sorts. This seems like a pretty…
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Glen’s Gotta Go and Delta Will Feel the Blow
There aren’t many airline industry leaders that move me to the point of wanting to write a post when they retire, especially…
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Elliott Starts to Sell Its Southwest Stake
There are an enormous number of filings that public companies have to make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). They are…
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A New Leader Takes Over Cranky Concierge at the End of the Year
It’s been more than 16 years since I started Cranky Concierge to help travelers with air travel problems, and things have changed…
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The Incredible Shrinking MEM
Memphis has always been an airport that punched above its weight, but that all fell apart when Delta shut down the hub,…
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Pegasus Looks Beyond Türkiye with Czech Purchase
Does Pegasus count as a European airline? This might sound like a silly question that doesn’t really matter, but it’s still fun…
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Cranky on the Web: Indian Dreams and Field Hockey
Yes, this is the strangest weekly round-up I’ve ever written. If you’re looking for good airline-related content, you may just want to…
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Spirit’s October Was Better Than September, But It Was Still Very Bad
I’m pretty sure the release of Spirit’s monthly operating report to the bankruptcy court is going to be a regular feature here…
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Indianapolis Built Its Terminal Further Away, but Columbus is Getting Closer
And now for the next installment of my look at former hubs around the country, I’m combining two into one today. In…
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Southwest Confirms That Things are Firmly Heading in the Right Direction (Financially, At Least)
To say this has been a year of change for Southwest would be a notable understatement. Partially under its own initiative and…
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Flybondi Starts Its New Lease on Life With a Strange Aircraft Order
Argentina is an awful market for airlines — there is really no other way to look at it historically — but that…