Airlines
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Southwest’s Looming Labor Fight
Unlike any other large airline in the US, Southwest has had an incredible streak of good labor relations. Despite being highly unionized,…
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Cranky on the Web (June 18 – 22)
Frontier Airlines suspends mileage donations to charity – Examiner.com We talked about this yesterday, but I was asked to comment on it,…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier and Southwest Brawl over Wisconsin Fliers
First, Frontier made a deal to allow its frequent fliers to transfer miles to Delta. Then Southwest struck back and said that…
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FastJet Has an Uphill Battle to Prove an African Low Cost Carrier Can Work
When easyJet’s founder started making rumblings about starting FastJet last year, I thought it was crazy. Back then, it was presumed that…
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Memphis Residents Should be Careful What They Wish For
You would think that the people of Memphis would be thrilled that they have as much air service as they do. While…
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Topic of the Week: Alaska’s Move on San Diego
You might have missed this, but Alaska is really making its move on San Diego. It just started using Horizon props to…
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A Risky Merger for Azul and TRIP in Brazil
Let’s shift from the Middle East and head down to Brazil, shall we? Big news came across the wires when Azul and…
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Does Emirates Have an Unfair Labor Advantage?
Yesterday I addressed the issue of whether or not Emirates is subsidized, but I touched on something much bigger. Let’s assume the…
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Emirates Wants Everyone to Know That It Hates Subsidies
Earlier this year, Emirates put out a scathing report to combat all of the accusations that the airline is subsidized by the…
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Cranky on the Web (June 2 – 8)
Talking about Delta’s Basic Economy – Rudy Maxa’s World Rudy had me on his weekly radio to show to talk about Delta’s…
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The Last Piece of Midwest Airlines is Passed to Delta
The long, drawn out, sad saga of Midwest Airlines and its famous cookie has now finally come to a close. Though the…
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United Blames Southwest, City of Houston for Its Own Problems in Houston, Earns the Cranky Jackass Award
When United decided to fight Southwest’s effort to get international facilities at Houston’s Hobby airport, I didn’t blame the airline. After all,…