Brett
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Air Asia and Jetstar Form an Alliance, But You’ll Never Notice
If I told you that two of the largest low cost carriers in the Asia Pacific region got together to form an…
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Mesa Files Bankruptcy, Looks to Shrink By Nearly Half
Mesa Air Group has finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a very long downhill slide. I imagine that there’s not a…
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2009 Was a Very Safe Year for Air Travel
I don’t like to dwell on these end-of-year facts and figures too often, but sometimes I think it’s worth pausing to take…
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What’s the Deal with Premium Economy? (Ask Cranky)
Happy New Year, everyone. I’ve been looking through my old drafts, and I realized there were a couple of posts that never…
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Cranky on the Web (December 28 – January 1)
Delta Air Lines’ New York Chief Explains How They’ll Win New York – BNET I keep hearing that Delta wants to “win”…
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Airlines We Lost in 2009
Long time readers of the blog know that I have a little tradition here as each year comes to a close. I…
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A First Class Experience on American Airlines (Trip Report)
As usual, we had a fun but short weekend in Indianapolis. After having my fill of good food and hanging out with…
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Finally Flying Midwest, er Frontier, er Chautauqua (Trip Report)
It seems like I’ve been trying to fly Midwest for years. When I was in school in DC in the ’90s, I…
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New TSA Rules Actually Make the Liquid Rule Look Rational
I’m back home from my holiday trip, and I have my trip report ready to go, but then someone tried to blow…
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Cranky on the Web (December 21 – 25)
New York Snowstorm Sees Delta Start Canceling Earlier Than JetBlue, American – BNET You may have been stranded but from an operational…
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Coventry Airport Shuts Down
This will be my last post of the week. My wife and I are off to navigate the midwest snow and ice.…
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DOT Mandates Passenger Bill of Rights and I’m Not Happy
Yesterday, the DOT decided to issue a final ruling that will effectively require airlines to have a passenger bill of rights. This…