Brett
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Frontier’s Massive Route Expansion Shows Which Cities Are Working and Maybe Which Ones Aren’t
Frontier has been on a tear lately, adding dozens and dozens of new routes for the summer. Just when I figured the…
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Delta’s Plan to Move to Terminals 2 and 3 at LAX Would Solve a Lot Of Problems
Late last week, Delta CEO Richard Anderson decided to let slip in his message to the troops that Delta had signed a…
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3 Links I Love: Tarmac Delay Rule is Bad, Bag Fees are Too Low, 747s with 5 Engines
Today’s featured story: Tarmac Delay Policies: A Passenger-Centric Analysis – MIT/Dartmouth Surprise, surprise. It turns out that the tarmac delay rule has…
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Spirit’s Changes CEOs, Hopefully Not So It Can Push for a Merger
We had a little surprise to start the new year when Spirit announced that the architect of its low cost strategy, Ben…
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United Morphs Economy Plus Into More Than Just Extra Legroom
When I met with United management in Chicago two years ago, I was told that they were really excited about the potential…
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Legacy Airlines Missed a Golden Opportunity to Get People to Like the A La Carte Model, But They Blew It
Over the last decade, the definition of “coach” has changed a great deal in the US. Seats have become closer together and…
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Cranky on the Web: Holiday Wish List, 2016 Predictions
The AirwaysNews Aviation Holiday Wish List for 2016 – AirwaysNews I haven’t run Cranky on the Web in a couple of weeks,…
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Your Airline Industry Predictions for 2016
Happy New Year, everybody. Hopefully you’ve had a good holiday season so far, and now you’re ready for some football. (I’ll be…
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Alaska Airlines, Alitalia, American, Bombardier, Delta, Etihad, Frontier, JetBlue, Malaysia Airlines, Southwest, Spirit, UnitedReviewing Your 2015 Predictions
It’s a relatively new tradition here on the blog, but I like it. At the end of each year, I ask for…
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Topic of the Week: 2015 Flying Summary
It’s the end of the year, so let’s see how we all did. My total mileage was up thanks to the Japan…
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Airlines We Lost 2015
It’s the end of the year, and you know what that means. As we do every year, it’s time to look back…
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It’s the Little Things That Count (Tales From the Field)
It’s pretty rare that a post in this series ends up being a happy, feel-good story and I thought it was time…