Brett
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The Skinny on Airplane Painting
In the world of aerodynamics, every little improvement can add up to big savings. One of the areas that airlines are constantly…
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Virgin America Finally Comes to Chicago
Virgin America has been talking about serving Chicago even before its first airplane took to the skies. Now, 37 years later, it…
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United Keeps Economy Plus, Frequent Flier Rejoice
When United and Continental agreed to merge, there were a lot of decisions to be made about whether to keep legacy United…
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Cranky on the Web (February 14-18)
The long and short of ‘premium economy’ – CNN Out of the Office This week, I look at premium economy options in…
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Topic of the Week: United Grounds 757s
United had to ground its fleet of 757s this week because of a check that it failed to complete on a computer…
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Delta’s Decision to Eliminate SkyMiles Expiration Seems Goofy
By now you’ve probably heard that Delta has decided that its SkyMiles will no longer expire. There have been plenty of stories…
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Touring the New Heathrow Terminal 5
I know it’s been a month, but I’ve still had a few posts on the backburner from my London trip. You didn’t…
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Why United Can’t Use Its Own 757s to Fly to Europe
It was just announced that the new United will start flying 757s from Washington to Europe for the first time when it…
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Cranky on the Web (February 7-11)
Airlines Start Tightening Belts as Fuel Prices Rise – BNET Headwinds Fuel prices are on the rise and that means it’s time…
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Topic of the Week: December On Time Performance
The DOT has released December on-time performance and as you would imagine, it was awful. Anything stand out for you in this…
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Volaris Prepares For Full Scale US Invasion (and That’s a Good Thing)
If there was any doubt that Mexican airline Volaris had designs on a big US presence, those have been put to rest.…
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A Big Week for Cranky: Flightglobal Webbies and CNN.com
It’s a rare Wednesday post here on Cranky, but there has been some big news around these parts that I wanted to…