Airlines
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Iberia Launches LAX Flight, But Can We Really Thank American and British Airways?
Last night, I attended the launch of Iberia’s new flight from LA to Madrid. This has been hailed as a product of…
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Alaska Had a Bad Weekend But Shows How to Communicate When Things Get Ugly
If you were flying on Alaska Airlines this weekend, you had a rough go of it. The airline’s computer systems crashed and…
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Cranky on the Web (March 21-25)
Fuel hedging no guarantee for airlines – CNN Out of the Office Following up on last week, this week I wrote about…
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Topic of the Week: Vision’s Ongoing Sales
Once again, Vision Airlines has extended its fare sale for its new routes from the Florida Panhandle “due to overwhelming response.” I…
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United Announces Onboard Wifi, But It’s Hardly a Ringing Endorsement
Earlier this week, United announced that it will finally put wifi onboard about 200 of its airplanes. You would think that this…
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Lufthansa Goes Back in Time, Gives First Class Travelers a Seat and a Bed
Airlines have spent a lot of time and effort trying to figure out a way to squeeze a seat and a bed…
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Delta Comes out Swinging at Frontier Over Minneapolis Move
Anyone who thinks that the days of airline schedule retaliation are over clearly hasn’t been watching Delta. The airline is royally pissed…
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American, BA, Iberia Need to Eliminate Differences or Do a Better Job of Highlighting Them
Last week, American and its joint venture partners British Airways and Iberia were here in Southern California to pitch the benefits of…
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Cranky on the Web (March 5 – 11)
Weather, tarmac rule irk airlines – Arizona Republic Another article talking about long tarmac delays, and I was asked to comment. The…
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Spirit Goes Into One of the Most Competitive Markets In the US, But Why?
It’s Spirit week here at Cranky, and not in the “ra ra, go team” kind of way. I’m talking about Spirit Airlines.…
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Video Tour of the New British Airways First Class
It may have been almost two months since BA brought me out to London, but I still have some good material waiting…
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Hey Spirit, The Water’s a Lot Warmer in Puerto Rico Than Niagara Falls (Guest Post)
It’s been awhile but the Cardinal is back. And he’s got some good advice for Spirit . . . — Spirit Airlines…