Airlines
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Allegiant Buys ex-Thomson 757s for Hawai’i Flying, I’m Looking at Long Beach
The long-discussed rumors have finally come true. Allegiant, long loyal to the MD-80, is branching out. Starting later this year, they’ll start…
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Cranky on the Web (March 1 – 5)
Samoa and Arkansas Win Federal Air Travel Subsidies – BNET The winners of the Small Community Air Service Development Program grants are…
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Are Wholly-Owned Regionals Safer? (Ask Cranky)
The discussion about how safe regionals are has been top of mind since the Colgan Air crash in Buffalo last year. A…
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Cranky on the Web (February 22 – 26)
First Class is Disappearing in Name Only – BNET Qantas is the latest to reduce First Class onboard, but it’s not really…
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How Frontier Got Me to Pay More for a Connecting Flight Than a Nonstop
I’ve long sung the praises of Air Canada’s efforts to create fare product categories, but really, I’ve never gone through the purchase…
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Only Two Airlines Left Flying a Douglas Widebody Commercially
This week Finnair Western, American, United, and even Delta (when they briefly operated the DC-10s they inherited from Western) to Hawai’i. I…
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Branson Airport Wants More Flights, Builds Own Airline
Long-time readers of the blog know that I’ve been following the development of Branson airport with interest. I even took a tour…
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Entire European Continent Goes on Strike
Ah, spring. The days become longer, the temps get warmer, and, apparently, it’s a great time for airline strikes. Lufthansa pilots just…
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Cranky on the Web (February 16 – 19)
too fat to fly? know before you go – antibride Another day, another fat person is angry that they were bumped for…
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British Airways Rolls Out Its Updated First Class
While some airlines are moving away from First Class, British Airways continues to embrace it. They’ve just rolled out the latest version…
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American and British Airways Finally Receive Alliance Approval From the US (Tentatively)
About 10 minutes after the Wright Brothers put their first airplane into the air, American and British Airways applied for blanket codesharing…