Brett
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Topic of the Week: The New American Airlines Homepage
A bunch of you asked for discussion topics on Fridays, so I thought I’d give it a shot. This week, let’s talk…
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Allegiant Delays Hawai’i Until 2012, Goes Head-to-Head with JetBlue
Allegiant gave an investor presentation this week, and there were a lot of juicy nuggets of info in there. It looks like…
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Alliances Look to Cement Standing in Latin America with Recent Moves
It’s been a busy year south of the US border with all three alliances trying to make big land grabs in Latin…
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Two Airlines to Stop Reporting On Time Performance
Bad news for fans of transparency. According to PlaneBusiness, Both Comair and Pinnacle, regionals operating primarily for Delta, will stop reporting their…
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Cranky on the Web (November 8-12)
Qantas A380: Airline Earns Black Eye for Poor Customer Response to Crisis – BNET Headwinds The Qantas A380 problems continue, but this…
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Experimenting with a Little Less Cranky
You guys know that I love writing Cranky, but there’s one problem. I’m spending too much time writing it and not making…
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Alitalia May Try to Sell Itself to Air France/KLM
It’s time for an Alitalia update, and I can’t say I’m happy about this one. Not only is Alitalia making money, but…
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Should You Be Afraid of the Body Scanner Raising the Risk of Cancer? Nah, and Neither Should Pilots
If you’ve been watching pilot unions tell their members to decline to go through the body scanner when they go through security,…
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TSA Overreacts Again, Printer Cartridges Are Now Banned
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is at it once again. In a typical reactive move, you can now no longer bring printer…
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Qantas A380 Grounding Causes Disruption, What Should You Do?
By now you all know that a Qantas A380 had an engine failure last week that caused enough concern that the airline…
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Cranky on the Web (November 1-5)
How Southwest Measures the Success of “Bags Fly Free” – BNET Headwinds Last week at Media Day, Southwest got into survey details…
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JetBlue’s Anchorage Move Seems Smart, Others Should Follow
I’m still catching up on news from last week, and one thing I meant to touch on was JetBlue’s announcement that it…