Brett
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Adam Air – Still Looking
Remember that Adam Air plane crash in Indonesia last week? Well despite one false report, they unbelievably still haven’t found the plane’s…
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The LCC Round the World Challenge
All this talk about the launch of Air Asia X, the new long haul low cost carrier got me thinking. With the…
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Bye Bye Blogspot
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…
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Who the F*** is SkyValue?
In the second installment of my “Who the F*** is . . .” series, we look at SkyValue (Allegiant was the first).…
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Long Haul, Low Cost Air Asia X
It’s time for another fun filled airline makeover, boys and girls! Rumors had been flying all week that Virgin Atlantic, easyJet, and…
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Arizona Republic Interviews Doug Parker
Back on December 29, the Arizona Republic published an interview with Doug Parker. The interview was conducted by one of my favorite…
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Time to Eat Crow – L’Avion Takes Flight
It wasn’t even a month ago that I expressed a complete lack of confidence that L’Avion, the new French all-business class airline,…
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United Mercifully Axes Cruises
I believe congratulations are due to United for finally putting United Cruises out of its misery. Anyone with a Mileage Plus account…
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Fewer Than Average Accidents in 2006
The Aviation Safety Network put out their annual report (PDF) on aviation accidents in 2006, and the numbers were thankfully lower than…
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Worst Airline in the World 2006
I must admit that I’m a big fan of Countdown with Keith Olbermann. So, I’ve decided to take a page from his…
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Air Madrid, Airlines We Lost, Australian, BWIA, Centavia, Faroejet, Hooters Air, Independence, OZjet, Song, Styrian Spirit
Airlines We Lost in 2006
As in most years, there were a whole slew of airlines that went under in 2006. There were large ones and small…
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Housekeeping and Strange Feeds
I’ve been doing some housekeeping by transferring my images to a different location for all previous posts, and that has caused my…