I don’t know about you, but all this merger talk and no action is starting to make my eyes glaze over. I want action!
We had a couple of pieces of news today that I thought it would be worthwhile to discuss. First, US Airways … Read the post
Author: CF
It’s that time of year when the airlines start announcing changes for their summer schedules. I won’t mention all of them, but I will mention the ones that seem notable.
… Read the post - Horizon Air will operate daily nonstop regional jet flights between Spokane and both Sacramento and
Virgin America has requested that the DOT give them an extension of six days until January 16 to file a response to the show cause order denying their right to fly. Bummer, that means we’ll have to keep waiting . . .
… Read the post The long awaited decision about who would win this year’s rights to fly to China came down today. United was awarded the rights to fly daily between Washington/Dulles and Beijing beginning March 25. This is definitely the right move, in my opinion, and it should provide the greatest public good.
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Yesterday morning, Northwest flight 98 arrived in Minneapolis/St Paul from Honolulu. That flight marks the last scheduled DC-10 flight in the United States.
The DC-10 has had and checkered career. After … Read the post
San Francisco Airport (SFO) leaked (pdf) the news yesterday that a “major U.S. air carrier” would announce service to the airport today, January 9. Of all the major US airlines, only two don’t fly there – JetBlue and Southwest. Southwest pulled out several years ago after constant delays that gummed
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Remember when inflight entertainment was just a projector showing movies at the front of the cabin? (If you’re on a United 747, that’s still the case, but I digress.) These days, inflight entertainment is much more sophisticated. Airlines are constantly trying to one-up each other by introducing new features. Singapore,
Remember that Adam Air plane crash in Indonesia last week? Well despite one false report, they unbelievably still haven’t found the plane’s remains yet. I can’t imagine that happening in the US or Europe today, but Indonesia is a whole different story.
There’s a report now that an Indonesian naval
… Read the post There’s a report now that an Indonesian naval
All this talk about the launch of Air Asia X, the new long haul low cost carrier got me thinking. With the proliferation of low cost carriers (LCCs) in the last few years, you probably could get around the world flying only LCCs these days.
I use Blogger to publish and host my blog, so that’s why the URL has been http://crankyflier.blogspot.com until now. Fortunately, Blogger has just introduced a change which means I can use my own URL instead. So, from now on, you’ll find The Cranky Flier at:
In the second installment of my “Who the F*** is . . .” series, we look at SkyValue (Allegiant was the first). These guys are certainly less well known than Allegiant, and they are much smaller.In fact, as you call tell by the route map below, they’ve appear
It’s time for another fun filled airline makeover, boys and girls!
Rumors had been flying all week that Virgin Atlantic, easyJet, and Air Asia had been plotting a massive alliance for long haul low cost flights. While Virgin and easyJet have denied involvement for now, … Read the post