Brett
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United’s Reservation System Switch Goes Well With Only Minor Glitches
If you believed the headlines, you’d think that United had melted down over the weekend when it finally retired its Apollo computer…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier Picks Up Where Southwest Leaves
Frontier has been busy quickly picking up routes that Southwest has decided to have AirTran abandon. We’ll see nonstops from Orlando to…
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Cranky on the Web (February 27 – March 2)
It’s Not Actually News When a Plane’s Landing Gear Doesn’t Go Down – Conde Nast Daily Traveler A United Express flight had…
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My Late Discussion About Air Asia X Pulling Out of Europe
This isn’t exactly breaking news, but it is something that I’ve been meaning to cover since it was announced back in January.…
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How Many Extra Airplanes Does An Airline Need? (Ask Cranky)
It’s time for another Ask Cranky. Today, we’re looking at an operations question from a reader. How many extra planes do airlines…
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The Final Days of the Continental Name (but Continental Itself Lives On)
There are a lot of different milestones that can be used to determine when a merger is truly complete. The one I…
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Cranky on the Web (February 20 – 24)
Five things not to do on airplanes – CNN Out of the Office This was fun to pick through five things people…
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Topic of the Week: Upgrading with a Baby
This became a big discussion on Twitter, so I thought I’d bring it here. In a couple months, my wife and I…
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The Continuing Sad Decline of Miami Air Service
Have you been through Miami lately? Unless you’re an American Airlines-loyalist, the answer is probably a firm “no.” While American’s presence continues…
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Spirit Goes to Denver, But Why?
The next stop for Spirit’s growth train here in the US is in an unlikely place . . . Denver. Why would…
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Who the F*&@ is PEOPLExpress?
Gather ’round, kids, because it’s story time. Today, I’ll tell the story of a once bright star that burnt out quickly. But…
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Cranky on the Web (February 13 – 17)
“Cranky Flier” Explores Decline in Small City Airline Service – Part 2 of 2 – ExpertFlyer Hot Topics In part two of…