Airlines
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Southwest Continues Its March on St Louis, Boosts Baltimore
After American walked away from its St Louis hub, Southwest came in with additional flights. Now, the onslaught continues. Looks like Southwest…
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British Airways Cabin Crew Earn the Cranky Jackass Award For Upcoming Holiday Strike
UPDATE 12/17 @ 853a – The strike is off! If you’re booked on British Airways for the holidays, you might be kicking…
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Virgin America Posts Operating Profit, Still Hurdles Ahead
First Alitalia had to go and post a profit and now Virgin America has done it. What is this world coming to?!?…
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787, A350, Air New Zealand, Airbus, American, BNET, Boeing, Delta, Government Regulation, JAL, Mesa Airlines, Southwest, United
Cranky on the Web (December 7 – 11)
Enjoy foreign service on N. American flights – USA Today I talk to USA Today’s Ben Mutzabaugh about some of the “fifth…
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Cranky Concierge Helps a Client Escape This Week’s Chicago Storm
The first true winter storm of the year rolled through the middle of the country yesterday, and that was the first big…
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United Shrinks Again, Orders 787 and A350 Aircraft
That post title doesn’t make much sense, does it? United couldn’t be ordering new planes and shrinking at the same time, right?…
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Was There a Terrorist Dry Run on an AirTran Plane? (I Think Not)
Did you guys see this really odd story about some problem passengers on an AirTran flight last month? I can’t quite figure…
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American, Continental, ExpressJet, Government Regulation, Labor Relations, SFO – San Francisco, US Airways
Cranky on the Web (November 30 – December 4)
Reason Number 1,423 Why the Essential Air Service Program is a Huge Waste of Taxypayer Funds – BNET Little Visalia, California is…
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Which All-737 Airline Is Installing In-Seat Video?
Everyone remember Lumexis? They’re the guys that showed me their new very light and kind of awesome inflight entertainment system that US…
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Allegiant Fights AirTran, Enters Orlando
For years we’ve heard Allegiant proclaim that they don’t really like competition. They’ve often boasted about how few of their routes have…
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Lufthansa Starts Making Changes at bmi
After a few months of hemming and hawing, Lufthansa has finally started to make its mark on bmi. The airline announced a…
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Cranky on the Web (November 24 – 28)
What are Scope Clauses and Why Are People Fighting Over Them? – BNET If you’ve heard people talking about scope clauses and…