Brett
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Finally, a Ride on a MAX (Trip Report)
They say third time’s a charm, right? I was supposed to fly on my first MAX on Southwest years ago, long before…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Denver Air Connection’s Jon Coleman
I was debating whether to publish this as a “Who the F*&# is” post or a Cranky Flier Interview, but after hearing…
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Cranky on the Web: Rising Fares, New Rules on Buying Tickets, and Fight on a Flight
Rising Fares, Low-Cost Airlines: Navigating the New Reality in the Sky – The New York TimesThe Frugal Traveler looks at airfares and…
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Breeze To Buy JetBlue, Restore Neeleman to Power
After an earlier attempt to acquire Avelo and aha! to create the super ULCC bravaha! fell through, Breeze has now moved on…
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The Next Phase of LAX Terminal 3: Come for the View, Stay for the Flight
With the pandemic lull in air travel, Delta decided it was a great time to speed up its construction projects. And so,…
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Alaska Always Wanted to Simplify Its Fleet, Now It Has Another Reason
Alaska Airlines has long loved to stretch the truth about its fleet simplicity, but only just a bit. The Virgin America merger…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Dave Flew Spirit!
Cranky Talk – Dave Flew Spirit! People love reading trip reports, but do they love listening to them? We are about to…
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Cranky on the Web: How Oil Affects Fares
How rising fuel and strong demand could affect airfares – Travel WeeklyI went on The Folo podcast by Travel Weekly to talk…
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3 Links I Love: China Eastern Crash, Mexico City’s Empty Airport, Flybe is Back
This Week’s Featured Link China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 crashes en route to Guangzhou – Flightradar24This descent rate is… well, it’s just…
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Southwest’s New “Wanna Get Away Plus” Fare Caps a Long Shift in the Airline’s Fare Structure
Southwest has been teasing us for a little while now with promises of a new fare family to fit between its lowest…
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A Look at the Growth of ULCCs in Maps
Some days, I like to sit around and dream up the kind of data I can pull from Cirium. I’m only slightly…
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Lufthansa Plans Another End Run Around Labor With New Regional Subsidiary
Over the last several years, Lufthansa Group has felt like a creation by Dr Frankenstein — pronounced FRONK-en-steen, of course. It has…
