Airlines
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Flying The Oakland California Corridor Challenge: LAX-OAK-SAN-OAK-LAX (Trip Report)
The stage had been set and Henry and my flights were booked. Oakland had requested that we book all refundable flights, and…
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Flying The Oakland California Corridor Challenge: 12 Flights in Three Days (Trip Report)
If you’ve been following along on Twitter, you know that Henry Harteveldt and I spent last week flying up and down California…
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Landline Takes Busing to the Next Level with TSA Changes
Landline — the regional airline that never leaves the ground — has one really big hurdle that it needs to overcome. It…
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Southern Airways Express Revs Up for Growth with Air Choice One Acquisition
Southern Airways Express is never one to be shy about pulling the trigger on an acquisition that makes sense. In fact, the…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – The Airplane Seat of the Future
Cranky Talk – The Airplane Seat of the Future Remember in our last episode when Dave got angry about seats that recline?…
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3 Links I Love: Sadness at Small Airports, Condor Goes Bold, Delta Seat Blocks, Trouble in Thailand
This Week’s Featured Link With routes slashed during pandemic, small airports are on shaky flight path – The Washington PostIt’s not great…
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JetBlue Twists Itself in Knots Trying to Create a Rationale for Buying Spirit
It looks like Breeze’s effort to buy JetBlue has been thwarted… by something that surprisingly isn’t also an April Fools’ joke. The…
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Finally, a Ride on a MAX (Trip Report)
They say third time’s a charm, right? I was supposed to fly on my first MAX on Southwest years ago, long before…
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Cranky on the Web: Rising Fares, New Rules on Buying Tickets, and Fight on a Flight
Rising Fares, Low-Cost Airlines: Navigating the New Reality in the Sky – The New York TimesThe Frugal Traveler looks at airfares and…
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Breeze To Buy JetBlue, Restore Neeleman to Power
After an earlier attempt to acquire Avelo and aha! to create the super ULCC bravaha! fell through, Breeze has now moved on…
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The Next Phase of LAX Terminal 3: Come for the View, Stay for the Flight
With the pandemic lull in air travel, Delta decided it was a great time to speed up its construction projects. And so,…
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Alaska Always Wanted to Simplify Its Fleet, Now It Has Another Reason
Alaska Airlines has long loved to stretch the truth about its fleet simplicity, but only just a bit. The Virgin America merger…