Airlines
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Why Delta’s 737 Order Reminds Me of Baseball
It’s now official. Delta has decided to order a hundred 737-900ER aircraft. These aren’t the new engine versions but just plain old…
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Is Southwest’s Pullback In Philadelphia a Sign of Potential Trouble in Atlanta? (Guest Post)
We’ve got a guest post today looking at Southwest in Atlanta. As I wrote before, I like the way Southwest is handling…
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Southwest Brings Its Airplanes to Atlanta for Valentine’s Day
Southwest’s acquisition of AirTran made a little news yesterday when it was announced that Southwest would bring its own airplanes to Atlanta…
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United Releases a Few Good Product Enhancements Amidst a Lot of Old News
This week is the GBTA Convention (formerly known as NBTA until it decided to go “global,” or something like that), and the…
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Cranky on the Web (August 15 – 19)
If you’ll be near LAX TODAY, come on by to celebrate 5 Cranky years. Join me and Johnny Jet at In ‘n…
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Qantas Lays Out Its Conflicting Plans to Fix Itself
If you’ll be near LAX this Saturday, mark your calendar to celebrate 5 Cranky years. Join me and Johnny Jet at In…
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Topic of the Week: Delta’s New 72 Hour Rule
Delta SkyMiles members seem to be pretty unhappy at the latest move by the airline. If you’re on a frequent flier ticket,…
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Alaska Lowers First Class Fares, Sells More Seats
There’s been a lot of talk of supply and demand here on the blog this week, so I figured, why not pile…
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Cranky on the Web (August 1 – 5)
Airport guide: Surviving LAX – CNN Out of the Office This week, I give some tips and tricks on getting through LAX,…
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Topic of the Week: SkyWest to Fly for US Airways
Apparently US Airways likes double digits. It seems that 9 Express carriers weren’t enough, so now US Airways has added a tenth…
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Latest Report on Air France 447 Crash Still Blames Pilots, Training
There was plenty of backlash when I wrote about the causes of the 2009 crash of Air France flight 447 into the…
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US Airways Sues Pilots Union to Stop Illegal Slowdown Effort
Man, I really should have waited another day before writing that US Airways pilots union (USAPA) piece last week. Why? On Friday,…