Airlines
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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…
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The Case for London/City and the Flight to New York
After a short but productive time in London, it was time to head back to the States. But this wasn’t an ordinary…
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Cranky on the Web (January 17-21)
Why Google’s Purchase of ITA Software Would Be Good for Air Travelers – BNET Headwinds The title of this doesn’t really reflect…
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Club World on British Airways (Trip Report)
It’s been a couple of years since British Airways and I first tried to set up a trip to see the airline’s…
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Delta Retires the Northwest Compass
Another milestone was reached in Northwest’s integration into Delta on January 3 and 4 when the last six airplanes in Northwest colors…