Airlines
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A Look at Carl Icahn’s TWA Experience Before Looking Ahead to JetBlue
Let’s call this Carl Icahn week here at Cranky. This Thursday is the fourth annual Cranky Network Awards, and I’m already up…
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Cranky on the Web: JetBlue’s Reset
JetBlue resets with new CEO, industry veterans to run airline on time, and profitably – CNBCThere is a lot going on at…
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Spirit’s Turnaround Plan is Filled With Hopes and Dreams, Few Specifics
To the surprise of nobody, Spirit lost a bunch more money in the fourth quarter of 2023. In fact, it lost over $160…
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Across the Aisle Interviews, Distribution, Operations, Podcast, Southwest, The Cranky Flier InterviewThe Cranky Flier Interview with Southwest SVP Network Planning and Network Operations Control Adam Decaire
Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Back in 2022 when Andrew Watterson moved from Chief Commercial Officer at…
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SkyWest Finds a Place for All Those CRJs With Contour Stake
There’s a good chance you missed it, but in SkyWest’s earnings release this week, the airline announced it bought a 25 percent…
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JetBlue Starts to Reveal a Plan to Improve On Its Own, And It Isn’t Terrible
JetBlue has spent much of the last couple years hoping that others would solve its problems. First it was the Northeast Alliance with…
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One Part of Breeze’s Financials is Hard to Believe
As you know, I almost never allow guest posts on the site, but that doesn’t stop people from sending over ideas. On…
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Aeroméxico and Delta Joint Venture Forced to Unwind As Political Fight Escalates
In a scathing smack-down of Mexican government policies, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) has told Aeroméxico and Delta that they must…
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Frontier Prepares for a World Where Spirit Continues to Exist
Frontier made quite the splash this week when it rolled out a whopping 54 new routes for next summer. With such a big…
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Mesa Lives to See Another Day
Say what you will about Mesa — and there is plenty that has been said — but there is no airline better…
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Departing JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes Has Little to Show for His Nine Years at the Helm
JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes recently announced that he would step down on February 12 after a nearly 9 year run. His long-time…
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JetBlue and Spirit Forced to Develop Their Own Strategies After the Merger is Blocked
I’ve moved up my usual Thursday post to Wednesday instead… since there was no reason to wait to talk about what just…