Aircraft
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Cranky on the Web (November 15-19)
good news, bad news from cranky – Anti-Bride It’s another good news, bad news roundtrip on antibride.com. Qantas A380: Rolls-Royce Eats Crow,…
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Cranky on the Web (November 8-12)
Qantas A380: Airline Earns Black Eye for Poor Customer Response to Crisis – BNET Headwinds The Qantas A380 problems continue, but this…
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Qantas A380 Grounding Causes Disruption, What Should You Do?
By now you all know that a Qantas A380 had an engine failure last week that caused enough concern that the airline…
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Cranky on the Web (November 1-5)
How Southwest Measures the Success of “Bags Fly Free” – BNET Headwinds Last week at Media Day, Southwest got into survey details…
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Don’t Expect to See 787s in Delta Colors Anytime Soon
Though Delta has never ordered the Boeing 787 itself, it did inherit 18 firm orders for 787s when it merged with Northwest.…
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Pondering the Characteristics of Composites in the 787
We’ve all heard about how awesome the new 787 is going to be, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still some risks…
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Continental Announces Its First 787 Route and It’s an Exciting One
Continental yesterday became the first airline to announce a definitive first route for its 787 aircraft. That route? Houston to Auckland, and…
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Cranky on the Web (March 29 – April 2)
Now Departing: Delta Cuts Ties with Midwest Airlines – BNET Midwest and Delta are no longer going to be frequent flier buddies.…
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Only Two Airlines Left Flying a Douglas Widebody Commercially
This week Finnair Western, American, United, and even Delta (when they briefly operated the DC-10s they inherited from Western) to Hawai’i. I…
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Cranky on the Web (January 11-15)
US Airways Pilots Infighting Grows Worse by the Day – BNET It appears the US East pilots are tired of fighting the…