Brett
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Topic of the Week: Cell Phones on Airplanes
The FCC says it will revisit a ban on cell phones on airplanes. Do you like that plan? Personally, I fully support…
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Time to Prepare for Another in a Long History of Brawls Over Dallas/Love Field
With all the divestitures announced when American and US Airways settled with the Department of Justice (DOJ), the most surprising result is…
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Welcome to The Cranky Flier’s New Look
I had grand plans this past weekend. I was going to put the finishing touches on the new crankyflier.com and flip the…
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WestJet to Launch Transatlantic Service in an Unlikely Way
If you were working at Calgary-based WestJet and you thought there was opportunity for you outside of North America, where would you…
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Cranky on the Web (November 9 – 15)
Selling to a captive audience, at 30,000 feet – Marketplace I commented in a piece talking about what airlines are going to…
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Reflections on Flying Around the World in Coach (Sponsored Post)
Airbus has been focusing a lot lately on the issue of seat width and is even pushing for an 18 inch minimum…
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Around the World in a Daze: Dubai to Tokyo and Honolulu (Sponsored Post)
Airbus has been focusing a lot lately on the issue of seat width and is even pushing for an 18 inch minimum…
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American and US Airways Give Up Very Little to Gain Merger Approval
So much for taking a writing break this week. I’ve reshuffled this week’s sponsored posts because of yesterday’s big news: American and…
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Around the World in a Daze: Honolulu to Los Angeles, Boston, Toronto, London, and Dubai (Sponsored Post)
Airbus has been focusing a lot lately on the issue of seat width and is even pushing for an 18 inch minimum…
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Airlines Go For Bigger Airplanes to Bring Unit Costs Down
If you look at aircraft ordering trends in the US over the last few years, you’ll see an interesting story begin to…
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Cranky on the Web (November 4 – 8)
Discussion about passenger electronics – The Joan Hamburg Show – WOR 710 I was on to discuss the new passenger electronic rules.…
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Topic of the Week: Will Frontier Succeed?
You’ve see two in-depth posts talking about Frontier’s future this week, and Indigo has now confirmed that the purchase will go through.…