Airlines
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Cranky on the Web (January 27 – 31)
What Happens When a Plane Freezes, and Why You Should Care – Conde Nast Daily Traveler A little piece talking about why…
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What is Preclearance and Why Are Airlines So Mad About Abu Dhabi Having It?
It’s one of those days that ends in the letter “y” so that means there’s an international spat brewing in the airline…
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Another Look at American’s New LaGuardia Flights
I know I just wrote about this last week, but the schedules for American’s new flying at New York/LaGuardia airport have been…
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Cranky on the Web (January 19 – 24)
Cranky Analysis: Southwest Airlines Operations Blew Up Over The Holidays. Problems Continue. The Problems Are Systemwide. – PlaneBusiness Banter ($Subscription Required$) Southwest…
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Topic of the Week: Is Delta the Airline of the Year?
Air Transport World has named Delta the airline of the year for 2014. That’s the first US-based winner since Southwest in 2003.…
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A Short and Somewhat Confusing History of American Eagle, er, Envoy
American Eagle Airlines has announced that it’s changing its name to Envoy, but it will keep flying under the American Eagle brand.…
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First Glimpse of American’s New York Strategy Shows Less Focus on New Yorkers
We had our first look into the new American’s schedule planning strategy last week when the airline announced how it would deal…
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Cranky on the Web (January 13 – 17)
Airline merger will hurt some cardholders – Philadelphia Inquirer Apparently the decision to stop allowing Amex Platinum access to US Airways clubs…
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Norwegian’s Efforts to Be a Global Airline Cause Major Fights Here in the US
When you hear an airline say it wants to be global, that generally means it wants to fly to places around the…
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American, Delays/Cancellations, Delta, JetBlue, JFK – New York/JFK, ORD – Chicago/O’Hare, United, WeatherAn In-Depth Look at How Airlines Handled the Weather in New York and Chicago
I’ve had a few notes and comments come in regarding how one airline handled the bad weather last week versus another airline.…
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Cranky on the Web (January 6 – 10)
Higher Fees Actually Do Mean Lower Fares, At Least For One Airline – Conde Nast Daily Traveler There is nothing that showers…
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Topic of the Week: United Gets Ready to Make SFO Work Better
We’re finally getting toward the end of United’s tough times at SFO. For awhile now, the operation has been split between its…