It’s time for another Ask Cranky, and this one can serve as a warning to anyone who is price-sensitive. You might want to rethink using Delta.com if you’re willing to take a more roundabout routing to get a lower fare. I’ve slightly altered the original email for clarity. Here’s the …
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It seems like we’ve been waiting for this for a long time. First we heard the news that the long-frosty relationship between Delta and Korean had begun to thaw. Then we heard that the airlines planned to create a joint venture. Now, regulatory approval has been received on both sides …
This week’s featured link:
Norwegian’s creative accounting – Leeham News and Comment
As a reader noted in a comment on my last post about Norwegian, the airline’s results in 2017 were actually much worse than they appeared. (And they looked pretty bad before.) There’s still furniture to burn, so …
When the US-based airlines rolled out Basic Economy, it took some time to figure out the best way to explain it. In general, the idea was “this is like coach but the fares are more restricted.” That however, is far from enough information for a customer to make the proper …
If you like the game “death by a thousand cuts,” then you’ll love what Delta has been doing at Tokyo’s Narita Airport. With the creation of the joint venture with Korean and the opening up of Haneda, we all knew that Delta’s Narita hub was on its death bed. But …
Qatar (the country) has been in a sticky situation for some time now. With many of its Arab neighbors accusing the country of meddling in their internal affairs as well as being a state sponsor of terrorism, those countries have cut off diplomatic relations. Qatar has been isolated, and the …
It has been more than two years since Delta effectively killed its interline agreement with American. Now, after several painful operational messes, Delta has finally agreed to bring the most important pieces of that deal back to life. Going forward, if Delta has problems and needs to put passengers on …
It’s time for some fun with numbers. The year is over, and my technical issue with masFlight was fixed. That means I was able to cuddle up with my computer over the weekend and start thumbing through operational performance for 2017. I didn’t get quite as far as I would’ve …
This week’s TWO featured links:
Southwest Airlines Rings In The New Year Under Tax Reform With Employee Bonus, Charitable Contribution, And Further Investment In Its Boeing Fleet – Southwest Newsroom
American Airlines to Distribute $1,000 to Each Team Member – American Airlines Newsroom
With the new tax plan lowering tax …
This week’s featured link:
Horizon Air operations stabilize as crisis abates – The Seattle Times
It’s good to see a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel for Horizon, but this is far from over. Next year, instead of the growth Horizon promised, it’s just going to …
If you saw the news earlier this week that President Trump had addressed the gulf carrier subsidy issue, you could be forgiven for being extremely confused. What happened was reported in very different ways depending upon the interpretation, so you ended up seeing headlines like these:
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Delta continued its efforts to take over the world last week with the announcement of its anticipated joint venture with Canada’s WestJet. For Delta, this is just another piece of the puzzle. It has spend years cobbling together a network of joint ventures and equity stakes to build its …