Brett
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United Tries to Hitch a Ride on the Florida Gravy Train This Holiday Season
Of the big three US carriers, United is by far the weakest in Florida. Much of that is due to the lack…
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After Years of Making Life Difficult, Virgin Australia Simplifies
Twenty years ago when Virgin Blue launched, it had a simple mission. The airline was built to bring low fares to a…
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Southwest Slashes September Flights, Everyone Else Remains Quiet
This week on Skeds of air Lines, that Texan cowboy — Southwest — decided the time had come to face reality and…
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A New Cranky Talk Is Live: How Airlines Are Keeping Travelers Safe
Cranky Talk: How Airlines are Keeping Travelers Safe It’s Cranky Talk time again, and this week, it’s a super-sized 18+ minute podcast.…
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Cranky on the Web: Making Travel Safer
Flying in 2020 and 2021: How Airlines Are Adapting and How Passengers Can Stay Safe – WendyPerrin.comWendy had Gary Leff and me…
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3 Links I Love: Credit Card Declines, Mobile Moves, Israel’s New Plane
This week’s featured link Travel Blogs Rode Credit Card Referrals Wave: What Comes Next? – SkiftIt may be a day of reckoning…
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Lufthansa Goes Back to Its Happy Place By Starting a New Airline For No Good Reason
If there’s anything the Lufthansa Group loves, it’s complexity. The group has been fanatical about making things as confusing as possible from…
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Vintage Airport Shirts Are Now Available… And We’re Taking Requests For More
For those of you who like to kick it old school — damn, I sound like an old guy trying to pretend…
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Despite Mass Airline Layoffs Looming, the Feds Should Stop Funneling Money Into Airlines
We are now less than two months away from key CARES Act provisions expiring at the end of September, and that means…
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American and United Load September Schedules, More Cuts For Everyone
It’s Monday, and that means it’s schedule change time. You requested it, and now the time has come to give this weekly…
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Cranky on the Web: The Future of Air Travel
The Future of Air Travel in the Age of COVID-19: Route Networks, Hubs, Scheduling, and Connectivity – Airways MagazineI talked to Chris…
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3 Links I Love: CLE Rocks, UV Cleaning, New Newark, Lauda
This week’s featured link 95 Years of Historic Firsts at CLE – AirportsHistory.orgOne of my favorite website-finds of the year is back…