Airlines
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Cranky on the Web: Huntsville Scares Birmingham
Frontier Airlines adds another city in Alabama, but what will it mean for BHM? – Birmingham Business Journal (soft paywall) You wouldn’t…
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3 Links I Love: Ode to the Dash, Fare Weakness, Asiana Crash Response
This week’s featured link: Dash 8: The Piedmont Story – YouTube As you know from reading the blog, Piedmont just retired its…
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JetBlue Supersizes Itself With A220 Order, A321 Upgauge
It wasn’t long ago that Airbus finalized its deal to take control of Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft program, so to celebrate, the aircraft…
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LEVEL Goes Short-Haul From Vienna, and I Struggle to Figure Out Why
When IAG launched LEVEL last year as a long-haul, low-cost airline, I understood the niche. But now, LEVEL is growing and not…
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As of Today, the Big Four US Airlines Have No Propellers Operating Under Their Brands
Yesterday, American Eagle flight 4927 landed in Salisbury, Maryland right around dusk. That flight, operated by a Dash 8-300, marks the end…
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David Neeleman’s New Airline, Moxy, is Not Going to Make Southwest Happy
By now you’ve likely heard about David Neeleman’s new airline, Moxy, which I hope is a temporary name. While full details are…
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Hawaiian’s A330 Flat Beds From Honolulu to Los Angeles (Trip Report)
I’m back from vacation tomorrow, so here’s one last Hawaiian post for you. With only one night in Hawai’i, it was easy…
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The Incredible Challenge of Improving Airports in Hawai’i
The vacation chugs along. I’m back with regular posts on July 3. For mainland visitors, the airports of Hawai’i probably seem better…
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Exploring Hawaiian’s New Maintenance and Cargo Facility in Honolulu
I’m back! Just kidding. I’m still on a blog break. Keep reading about my visit with Hawaiian. Regular posts resume on July…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Hawaiian CEO Peter Ingram and SVP Revenue Management and Network Brent Overbeek
My vacation is just getting started, so enjoy this week of posts about my visit with Hawaiian. I’m back with regular content…
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Hawaiian’s Inaugural From Long Beach on the A321neo (Trip Report)
I’m going on vacation from the blog for the next week and a half, so get ready for a whole lot of…
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Across the Aisle from American President Robert Isom on Rising Oil Cost, Limits of Segmentation, and Getting Out in the Field (Part 2)
Welcome back for the second part of my interview with Robert Isom, President of American Airlines, while he was in Los Angeles…