Airlines
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3 Links I Love: The Transat Scramble, Qatar Keeps Flying, Better Boarding
This Week’s Featured Link Flyer beware: Canada closed to competition – WestJet BlogI haven’t talked much about the Air Canada/Transat acquisition here,…
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Sun Country Tries to Strike While the Iron is Hot
This seems like an unlikely time for an airline to try to go public. After all, every airline is losing absurd amounts…
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3 Links I Love: Delta Blocking, United Dreaming, Allegiant Growing, Mirabel Remembering
This week’s featured link Delta extends middle seat blocking through April 2021; Only U.S. airline to continue providing more space for customers…
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ULCCs Begin to Allow Bookings VERY Far in Advance
Since the dawn of time (or computer reservation systems), airlines have generally coalesced around the idea of taking bookings no more than…
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3 Links I Love: Geneva Goes Down, New Mint, Qantas Embraers, Boeing NMA
This week’s featured link SWISS temporarily reduces its Geneva flight operations to an absolute minimum in view of further-tightened travel restrictions –…
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Lufthansa’s Confusing Low-Cost Journey Goes In Circles Once Again
Six months ago, Lufthansa Group puzzlingly announced that it would create a new airline to act as its long-haul, low-cost operation. With…
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Delta Tempts Fate as It Triples Down on Health and Safety
Thank you once again to our sponsor TheAirchive.net for supporting Cranky! It’s a Delta-focused post, so I had to pick something from…
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ExpressJet’s Pending Return: Looking Backwards and Forwards
Thank you once again to this week’s sponsor, The Airchive for supporting Cranky! Instead of just showing an ad for The Airchive…
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3 Links I Love: Vaccinated Skip Tests, Norwegian Lives, Southeast Asia Airports
This week’s featured link Vaccinated travelers could be exempt from quarantine, testing by spring – Hawaii News NowI find it incredible that…
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Blocking Middle Seats Didn’t Pay Off for Delta Last Summer
Delta loves its blocked middle seats, and it has repeatedly said that this is a strategy that’s working for the airline. The…
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3 Links I Love: MCAS Not Needed, CNN Airport Network Dies, JSX at Orange County
This week’s featured link Boeing’s MCAS on the 737 Max may not have been needed at all – The Air CurrentThis long…
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DOT Allows American and JetBlue to Coordinate Schedules in a Landmark Deal
Note: I’m moving my Thursday post up to Wednesday this week, just because I really want to talk about this and don’t…