Airlines
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The Cranky Flier Interview with Porter EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Kevin Jackson
Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. It has finally happened. I conducted an ACTUAL across the aisle interview…
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A Quick Note on the Delta A350-1000 Order
It’s a holiday, so I normally wouldn’t post today. But I have a backup of things I want to write about, so you…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 and the Boeing 737-9 Max
Listen on Apple, Spotify, direct, or wherever you get your podcasts. Airplanes having problems? Seems like a good reason for Dave and me…
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American’s Europe Fares Can’t Keep Pace
One of the best things about the coming Cranky Network Awards on Feb 22 in Oakland is that we sift through a…
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A Confusing Series of Events Following the Boeing 737-9 MAX Losing Its Plug Door
What a week it’s been in the airline industry. First there was the Japan Airlines A350 landing on a Dash-8, and now, we…
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Blame the Design of Midway Airport for Southwest’s Holiday Struggles
Happy 2024 everybody! If you flew this holiday season, you probably had nothing go wrong at all. That was the case for nearly everyone……
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest’s Customer of Size Policy
No, Southwest Airlines’ ‘customer of size’ policy isn’t new – VerifyThis was a weird one that came out of left field. Why was…
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Hawaiian’s Five-Year Downhill Slide Led it Right Into Alaska’s Arms
Alaska’s decision to buy Hawaiian Airlines and save it from a bankruptcy filing — or worse — was not something that happened…
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With American Freeing Up Space, Delta Makes a Different Kind of Move on Austin
Delta has called Austin a “focus city” for years now, but it doesn’t really have much to show for it. That appears to…
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American Has a Lot Fewer Widebodies Than It Used To… And It Recently Postponed Getting More
Reading through financial filings can be a tedious task. American’s 10-Q for the third quarter of 2023 clocks in at 211 pages, and…
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Turkish Refuses to Believe Anyone Would Want to Go to Abu Dhabi (Tales From the Field)
There are some days where I can only wonder why on Earth we’re in the business of helping people over at Cranky…
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The Unlikely Duo of Porter and Air Transat Join Forces
If the merger of Alaska and Hawaiian was an unexpected blockbuster of a deal, then Porter and Air Transat is… ok, well,…