Airlines
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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…
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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…