Airlines
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Spirit Gets Sloppy In Its Efforts to Extract Concessions From American and JetBlue
No airline has been more vocal about the American and JetBlue Northeast Alliance than Spirit, and the fight has stepped up a…
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Spirit Enters Miami in a Big Way Now That Miami Has Lowered Costs
It has been rumored for years, but yesterday it became reality. Spirit will start flying from Miami International Airport beginning in October,…
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Entering Hawaiʻi Remains a Terrible and Disorganized Process (A Cranky Travelogue)
Welcome back to the second chapter of my Hawaiian travelogue. Here’s where we are: Returning to Molokai Starts With My First Flight…
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3 Links I Love: Maui Lightens Up, United Loves the Boom, Visiting Long Beach, Mooooooov
This Week’s Featured Link Post-arrival COVID testing to end for Maui-bound travelers – Hawaii News NowGood. The post-arrival test is dead, and…
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Molokai and Lānaʻi Face Big Changes With the Demise of ʻOhana
There has been a massive surge in air service to the Hawaiian Islands in recent times with more frequency, bigger airplanes, fancier…
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Returning to Molokai Starts With My First Flight in the United Polaris Seat (A Cranky Travelogue)
When I first visited Molokai back in 2017, I wanted to return almost immediately, but I knew it would take awhile. Unlike…
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3 Links I Love: Allegiant’s Vision, On the Hijacked Plane, Flying While Black
This Week’s Featured Link Letter to Shareholders May 2021 – AllegiantAllegiant CEO Maury Gallagher’s latest letter talks about the airline and the…
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American and JetBlue Will Begin Sharing Some Very Valuable Data
American and JetBlue announced yesterday that travelers flying on one airline can now earn miles in the other airline’s loyalty program. This…
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JetBlue’s London Adventure Includes Heathrow… And It Hopes to Stay There
As everyone knows from yesterday’s post (or the many, many news reports), JetBlue announced its long-expected service to London last week. There…
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Breeze Officially Launches Its Quest to Find the Goldilocks Zone
At long last, Breeze is here. The airline has been plotting a launch very publicly for many months, and after several certification…
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The Cranky Flier Interview #22 – Landline Co-Founder and CEO David Sunde
Pop quiz: What kind of airline has dreams of being a regional operator but has no interest in actually operating airplanes? The…
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Frontier Leaves LAX For Good
The news sounded suspiciously like an expansion. The twin press releases proclaimed “Frontier Airlines Expands at Ontario International Airport” and “Frontier Airlines…