Southwest
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3 Links I Love: Retirement of a Salesman, Interviews with KLM and Southwest CEOs
This week’s featured link: Leahy reflects on 33 years at Airbus – Leeham News For those who don’t know, one of the…
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Long Beach and the Unsustainable Southwest Effect
On June 5, 2016, Southwest launched its first flights from Long Beach with 4 daily to Oakland. With a year’s worth of…
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With the New Terminal Approved, Southwest Sees Opportunity in Kansas City
On Tuesday, Kansas City voters overwhelmingly approved a new single terminal at the airport. Though polls showed it could have been a…
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JetBlue to Vegas, Southwest Home (Trip Report)
It’s only been a couple months since I was last in Vegas, but I had some meetings to attend so it was…
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Southwest Takes Me to Crankyfest Tahoe (Trip Report)
Every Fall, we put together a gathering for Cranky Concierge employees so we can get together, talk shop, and have a little…
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Southwest Officially Announces It’ll Eventually Fly to Some Airport in Hawai’i By 2019
Since the dawn of time, people have wondered when Southwest would start flying to Hawai’i. Now we finally know…ish, but we don’t…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest Shifts From the 737-300 to the MAX
Max 8 a jumbo upgrade for Southwest Airlines – Houston Chronicle The last week has been a huge change for Southwest. First…
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3 Links I Love: Joon Gets Worse, Feds Look at Fees, Southwest Says Seeya 737-300
This week’s featured link: Joon, the new generation travel experience by Air France – Air France I’ve made it clear how much…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Southwest CRO Andrew Watterson Talks California
Let’s start this week off with a podcast. I already wrote about Southwest’s declaration of war against Alaska and anyone else who…
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Southwest Declares War Against Alaska and Anyone Else Who Wants a Piece of California
I spent the beginning of this week at the Boyd Conference (aka International Aviation Forecast Summit), and while I was there, war…
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A Southwest 737-300 Surprise (Trip Report)
I’ve had so many trips lately that I’ve tried to spread out my reports so that you don’t get bored. This one…
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Spring Break in North Carolina (Trip Report)
Spring Break! Ok, so that doesn’t quite mean the same thing as it used to. This year, we took the kids to…