Airlines
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Cranky on the Web (February 7-11)
Airlines Start Tightening Belts as Fuel Prices Rise – BNET Headwinds Fuel prices are on the rise and that means it’s time…
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Volaris Prepares For Full Scale US Invasion (and That’s a Good Thing)
If there was any doubt that Mexican airline Volaris had designs on a big US presence, those have been put to rest.…
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Delta Rolls out Premium Economy on Long Haul Flights
As the new United ponders whether or not to keep its Economy Plus premium economy product, Delta has decided to jump into…
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JetBlue’s Long Haul Flights Slowly Disappearing From Long Beach
When I saw JetBlue announce it was moving its flight to Ft Lauderdale from Long Beach to LAX, I wasn’t surprised. It…
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Cranky on the Web (January 31-February 4)
I’m very excited to announce that The Cranky Flier has been chosen as 2010 Blog of the Year in the Flightglobal Webbies!…
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Topic of the Week: JetBlue’s GPS
The feds have decided to let JetBlue throw a few Garmins on an airplane and use GPS instead of radar. Ok, so…
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Air France’s Poor Handling of the Egypt Crisis Earns a Cranky Jackass Award
Over the last week, the protests in Egypt have reached a boiling point. As we all know by now, the residents of…
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Horizon Air’s President on Future Growth and Outsourcing (Across the Aisle Interview)
And we’re back. Today, I pick up my interview with Horizon Air President Glenn Johnson by talking about future growth and Alaska’s…
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Horizon Air’s President on The Disappearance of the Brand (Across the Aisle Interview)
For those who hadn’t heard, Alaska Air Group’s wholly-owned regional subsidiary Horizon Air will be losing its brand some 25 years after…
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Cranky on the Web (January 24-28)
At Heathrow, a New $7 Billion Terminal Actually Doesn’t Seem Crazy – BNET Headwinds Heathrow’s Terminal 5 was incredibly expensive, but BA…
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Flying From JetBlue’s Efficient JFK Terminal 5
This trip might as well be called the T5 trip, because not only did I get to experience Heathrow Terminal 5, but…
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The Banker Shuttle From London City to JFK (Trip Report)
I left off yesterday as I prepared to board BA flight 001 to bring me back to the US. No reason to…