Airlines
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United Retires The 737 (Trip Report)
Yesterday was something of a flashback for me. When United offered just a couple days ago to give me a seat on…
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Lufthansa Gets a Gold Star For Going Above and Beyond
I’m going to be taking United’s last 737 flight today from LAX to San Francisco and then I’m turning right back around,…
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How Did Those Northwest Pilots Miss the Airport?
It has been plastered all over the news, but I wanted to wait a little until we had more information on what…
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Cranky on the Web (October 19-23)
United Learns That Some People Don’t Want Free Upgrades – BNET United has now made upgrades free for all elites, but that…
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Southwest Boosts Denver and St Louis
I know I just wrote about Southwest yesterday, but the news keeps coming. This time, it’s not a new city but rather,…
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Southwest Announces Panama City (Florida, not Panama)
There is a lot of route news for Florida fans this week, but the biggest of all is that Southwest has announced…
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Virgin America Tries Letting People Without Carry-Ons Board First
We’ve seen a million different boarding schemes over the years. First there was boarding by rows, then came group boarding, and now…
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Cranky on the Web (October 11-16)
Bloggers offer paid travel services – Washington Times Nicholas Kralev takes a look at my Cranky Concierge service as well as a…
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United, US Airways Receive Big Fines for Maintenance Problems
Both US Airways and United received a present from Uncle Sam yesterday in the form of some hefty fines ($5.4 million and…
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JetBlue Tweaks Its Colors While AirTran Unveils a Beauty (Airplane P*rn)
Guess what time it is, kids? It’s airplane p*rn time! (Yes, that’s now with an asterisk to try to circumvent corporate filters.)…
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Avianca and TACA Join Together to Create Formidable Latin Airline
Watch out, LAN. There’s going to be another Latin mega-carrier now that Avianca and TACA have decided to come together to form…
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Continental Reshapes Its LA Operation, Expands Hawai’i
Update 10/9 @1041a: Nevermind. Continental just uses the 737-800 as a placeholder for future schedules. These can be expected to change in…