Brett
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See the Best of the Cranky Network Awards in 15 Minutes
I promised it was coming, and that day has come. I’m pleased to present the 15-minute version of the 2024 Cranky Network…
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JetBlue’s Long-Desired West Coast Focus City Dream Dies in June
The way JetBlue tells it, Los Angeles remains an important focus city and a crew base, but this week’s big cuts in…
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Pilot Scope is American’s Secret Weapon, But It Should Tread Carefully
Editor’s Note: The original version of this post included American opportunity based on 965 aircraft in mainline fleet. The scope clause is…
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Frontier Makes a Play for Business Travel
It is not often that you would expect to hear the words “Frontier” and “Business Travel” in the same sentence, but the…
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Cranky on the Web: Low Fares in Orlando and Vegas, US and Mexico Trouble
With so many flights, customers find low fares to Orlando, Las Vegas. Will it last? – TPGHere’s a look at the big…
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Introducing The Air Show Podcast Where I Join Forces With Brian Sumers and Jon Ostrower
After last year’s Cranky Dorkfest, I headed over to The Proud Bird to relax and watch more airplanes, because… well what is…
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A Walk Through Hawaiian’s New, Well-Designed 787
It has been a long road for Hawaiian to figure out how to replace (er, augment?) its Airbus A330 fleet with a…
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Avelo’s First Profitable Quarter is a Milestone
It has actually happened. Avelo made money. Well, at least, it made a pre-tax profit in the fourth quarter of 2023. We…
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A Closer Look at American’s Focus on Increasing Network Superiority
I already tackled the commercial strategy laid out in American’s investor presentation from earlier this week, but these charts just keep calling…
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Armed With Tortured Data, American Takes Its Old New York Strategy Systemwide
American Airlines held its first investor day in years yesterday, and while several execs did a good job highlighting many of the…
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Delta Fires Back Over DOT’s Aeromexico Rejection and Allegiant Takes Delta’s Side
When the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it would end the antitrust immunity (ATI) given to Delta and Aeromexico for their joint…
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Cranky on the Web: CNA Wrap and a Pod
Q&A: 1-on-1 with Southwest COO Andrew Watterson – Blue Sky NewsPittsburgh airport’s news site was able to do an interview with Southwest…