Airlines
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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…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Dave Flew Spirit!
Cranky Talk – Dave Flew Spirit! People love reading trip reports, but do they love listening to them? We are about to…
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Cranky on the Web: How Oil Affects Fares
How rising fuel and strong demand could affect airfares – Travel WeeklyI went on The Folo podcast by Travel Weekly to talk…
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Southwest’s New “Wanna Get Away Plus” Fare Caps a Long Shift in the Airline’s Fare Structure
Southwest has been teasing us for a little while now with promises of a new fare family to fit between its lowest…