Airlines
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Cranky on the Web – Bomb Threats, TSA Failures, Southwest’s Web Meltdown
Bomb Threats, TSA Security Failures Mark Start of Summer Travel – NBC News With the recent bomb threats and TSA failures to…
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Topic of the Week: United and the A380
There is a terrible rumor going around this week that United is going to take on 2 A380s, pretty much because Airbus…
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Delta Expands a Test to Take Your Carry-On Bags Onboard for You
Anyone else out there think that Delta is bored? With a fantastic on-time operation that’s solidly profitable, it’s increasingly looked like the…
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The Irish Government Wisely Agrees to Let IAG Buy Aer Lingus
Ohayou gozaimasu, everyone! I’m back from a week in Japan and it was fantastic. Stay tuned for trip reports in business class…
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Cranky on the Web – Jacking Up Fares in a Crisis
Did airlines jack up fares after Amtrak wreck? It’s unclear – Philadelphia Inquirer I was intereviewed for this story, but I can’t…
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Topic of the Week: Island Air is Shrinking
Yep, I’m still traveling. I will be slower at approving any flagged comments and responding to any emails. I’ll be back as…
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Mesa Makes It Harder to Choose Long Beach (Trip Report)
I’m still on the road, so how about a report of the last time I took a trip? This was from earlier…
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Why Doesn’t Southwest Fly Redeyes? (Ask Cranky)
I’m on vacation all this week, but that doesn’t mean I’m leaving you hanging. I have new posts ready to go on…
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Cranky on the Web – Bounty for Hacking Airplanes, Avatar Again, Media Mistakes, More
I’m on vacation through next week, but that doesn’t mean I’m leaving you hanging. I have new posts ready to go on…
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Etihad May Bring a Good Onboard Product to the US But Its On Time Performance is Awful
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the superiority of the experience on Middle East carriers. While that’s more likely to…
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Fast Wifi is JetBlue’s Secret Advantage
For years, I was frustrated by JetBlue’s failure to follow others and put wifi on its airplanes. What took so long? Well,…
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Cranky on the Web – JetBlue and Cincinnati, Taking Advantage of the Amtrak Derailment
Is the runway finally clearing for JetBlue at CVG? – Cincinnati Enquirer You could probably replace “Cincinnati” with the hopes and dreams…