Airlines
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Four Hidden Pieces of History at LAX
Thanks to Chris Sloan of Airchive, I recently had the chance to take a couple hour tour around the grounds at Los…
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Cranky on the Web (April 1 – 5)
Doug Parker Decides ‘Small is Beautiful’ – Doesn’t Want AA-US Merger After Livery Concerns – Gadling Another April Fools’ post from me.…
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Topic of the Week: Do You Feel Safe Flying into an Airport Without a Tower?
As the government continues to fail to do anything about the sequester cuts, the time has come to start closing control towers…
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Allegiant Slashes Hawai’i Flying This Fall, and It Shouldn’t be a Surprise
The only thing I’d heard surrounding Allegiant’s Hawai’i flying recently was regarding mechanical problems impacting half the 757 fleet. That caused a…
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Argentina Earns the Cranky Jackass Award for Propping Up Aerolineas Argentinas at the Expense of Real Competition
There have been so many good news stories about aviation in Latin America lately that it seems like everything is going well.…
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Virgin America Announces Plan to Rebrand as Alitalia America
This one certainly came out of left field, but I think it’s a great move. Virgin America announced today that it has…
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Cranky on the Web (March 25 – 29)
Southwest Airlines: We’re Not Really About Cheap Flights Anymore – Time I spoke with Brad Tuttle at Time as a follow-up to…
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Topic of the Week: Lufthansa Thinking About Long Haul, Low Cost Carrier
It looks like Lufthansa is batting around the idea of starting up a long haul low cost carrier. *sigh* This has never…
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The View is Getting Better at JFK’s T4 – Behind the Scenes of Delta’s Expansion (Guest Post)
Anyone flown through Terminal 3 at JFK on Delta lately? Fortunately, that miserable experience is soon coming to an end with the…
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Can Wifi Really Be a Differentiator for JetBlue?
When JetBlue first launched, it used inflight entertainment as one of the greatest initial product differentiators of all time, and now it’s…
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And Now For a Really Stupid Lawsuit
I received a request from Janet Cho at the Cleveland Plain Dealer to comment on a story last week about a man…
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Cranky on the Web (March 18 – 22)
No More Lost Bags? US Airways Now Lets You Track Luggage in Real Time – Conde Nast Daily Traveler US Airways has…