Brett
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Spirit Does Its Best AirTran Impersonation
When Bob Fornaro took over as President and CEO of Spirit earlier this year, we knew there would be changes to the…
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3 Links I Love: Middle East Fight Continues, Qatar Goes Italian, Lumexis Goodbye
This week’s featured link: The Middle Carrier Fight Isn’t Dead – Twitter If you read only BoardingArea blogs, you might think that…
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My First Southwest Flight from Long Beach (Trip Report)
This wasn’t supposed to be this way. I had to be up in Sonoma for a family event, and initially, I thought…
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Celebrate 10 Cranky Years with an Insane Day of Flying on Southwest
On August 15, 2006, I published “Welcome From the Cranky Flier,” my very first post. Here we are, 10 years and nearly…
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Long Beach May Lose in the Brewing Southwest vs JetBlue War
It’s amazing how much news such a little airport like Long Beach can generate. Now of course, since I live in the…
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FAA Extension is Not an “Amazing Win” For Consumers, But It’s Something
I couldn’t help but scratch my head when I saw the headline. “Newly passed air travel legislation is ‘an amazing win for…
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Cranky on the Web: More on Southwest’s Tech Failure
Southwest still delaying, canceling flights after technology outage – Houston Chronicle As Southwest continues to struggle to pull itself together again after…
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3 Links I Love: Southwest’s Inexcusable IT Meltdown, Why Concorde Failed, Boeing 100
Hope you like videos, because this week is full of them. This week’s featured link: Live from the Listening Center discussing recovery…
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DOT Throws Delta a Japanese Bone
It’s here! It’s here! Maybe I need to tone it down a notch, but the tentative decision on which airlines will get…
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United May Not Be Prosecuted for Bribery Scandal, But It Did Have to Release All the Details
Remember that whole bribery saga that led to United CEO Jeff Smisek losing his job last year? Well, there is now a…
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Turkish Airlines Has to Be Concerned About Its Future
If you had to pick one airline in the world that you’d hate to be running right now, Turkish would be at…
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Cranky on the Web: Bereavement Fares Gone, Schedule Charters on the Rise, US Airlines Aren’t the Best?
Bereavement Fares Have Disappeared on Most US Airlines – Associated Press For anyone who has tried to use one, you’re undoubtedly not…