Brett
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Sign-Ups for the LAX Airfield Tour Open This Friday at 10am PT
As mentioned a couple weeks ago, I’ve partnered with Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to add a bonus event to Cranky Dorkfest…
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Talking Onboard Product with Virgin Atlantic’s VP of Customer Experience (Across the Aisle)
As you might come to expect from an entity affiliated with Richard Branson, Virgin Atlantic celebrated the launch of its Los Angeles…
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American Has a Bad June, But United Wasn’t Much Better
Once June ended, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on full month performance data to see just how bad the month…
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Cranky on the Web: American’s Labor Problems
American Airlines says mechanics are causing delays. Now, a judge could force the union to pay for it – Dallas Morning News…
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3 Links I Love: Delta Ups Its Game, Ben Smith Ups Air France’s Game, Flair is In the Game
This week’s featured link: Welcome cocktails, hot towel service, bistro-style dining: Delta to debut wholly reinvented international Main Cabin experience – Delta…
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Air Canada’s Acquisition of Transat is a Forced Love Letter to Quebec
It’s been a month since Air Canada and Transat announced they were in exclusive merger negotiations. Now the deal has officially been…
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A Long Beach Story: JetBlue to the Bay Area, Southwest Back (Trip Report)
After my last Scotland travelogue, this one is going to be pretty boring, but hey, it still involves a flight and it’s…
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3 Links I Love: More MAX Delays, Death of the Widebody, A Massive Regional Gap
This week’s featured link: FAA and Boeing initially disagreed on severity of “catastrophic” 737 MAX software glitch – The Air CurrentBest I…
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Eurowings Needs Luck as It Tries to Implement a New, Coherent Strategy
Eurowings, Lufthansa’s lowish-cost group of airlines, is, to be polite, a mess. The cobbled-together jumble of airlines has resulted in losses —…
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An Expanded Cranky Dorkfest LAX Comes September 7
As you all know, Cranky Dorkfest LAX is a time-honored tradition with very little organization to it. You just show up, have…
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Three Headwinds and Two Bright Spots for Norwegian via SVP Lars Sande
I recently attended my first IPW, a massive travel trade show that is meant to showcase the USA to the world. It…
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The A321XLR Will Enable the 757 to Retire, But It is More Than Just a Replacement
Boeing remains so bogged down with both the 737 MAX grounding and engine issues plaguing other fleets that it hasn’t been able…