Airlines
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Cranky on the Web: Allegiant’s Long Delay
Allegiant passengers endure 16-hour flight delay to California city – Las Vegas Review-JournalTalk about an unfortunate set of events… some people flying…
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3 Links I Love: Emailing Ed, United Goes Electric Again, Spirit’s Strategy, Suing Burbank
This Week’s Featured Link ‘The volumes are beyond anything we have ever seen’: Delta hold times won’t improve until fall – USA…
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Avelo Delivers the Basics Well to Ogden, Utah (Trip Report)
It’s not often I get to fly a new airline, but last week, I had the chance to fly Avelo. When the…
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American Sues Sabre to Stop Being Biased and Sloppy
It’s a time-honored tradition for American to spar with its former internal reservation system, Sabre. The Sabre global distribution system (GDS) was…
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A Hawaiian A321neo Takes Me Home (A Cranky Travelogue)
It’s time to finish up this travelogue, so here’s a Wednesday post to wrap it up. When I was planning this trip,…
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Correction: Avelo’s Operational Performance Was Not Bad
What’s this? A special Friday evening post? That’s right, and it’s because that chart I posted earlier today showing Avelo’s on-time performance…
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3 Links I Love: United Next, Avelo’s Poor Operation, Air Canada Warning, Southwest Fluff
This post has been updated to reflect a problem with the data regarding Avelo’s operation. The airline did not fly all those…
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Avelo Sees Mixed Results, Cuts Flight Frequencies
Avelo launched service at the end of April with an aggressive focus on Burbank. The initial 11 cities have now been flying…
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United Prepares For Massive Growth in More Ways Than One With Big Aircraft Order
The long-rumored new aircraft order is now official, and on the surface it may not seem very surprising. This order, however, is…
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Cranky on the Web: Summer Travel, Airport People Mover, Southwest CEO, and Airbus Isolation Tents
It was a really busy media week, and these are only the ones I could find links for. Oddly enough, they are…
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Southwest Surprises With a Telling New CEO Pick
Southwest CEO Gary Kelly has been talking about succession for a long time. He’s been in the job for 17 years, and…
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Two Days Of Deeper Exploration On Molokai (A Cranky Travelogue)
Welcome back as we get toward the end of my latest Cranky Travelogue. It’s another Wednesday post, and that’s because this one…