Southwest
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3 Links I Love: Impact of Middle East Airlines, Pan Am, Southwest Exodus
Today’s featured link: New Data Show Steep Decline in International Bookings in Orlando, San Francisco, and Chicago after Gulf Carriers Launch New…
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3 Links I Love – Southwest Shakes Up Small Cities, Emirates’s Godfather, and Air Canada’s Pit Crew
Last week, most of you liked the idea of doing a weekly news roundup, but not all. So I’m trying something a…
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Southwest’s Chief Marketing Officer Responds to My Thoughts on Transfarency
After I wrote my thoughts about Southwest’s new Transfarency campaign, I received a note from Beth Harbin, Southwest’s Senior Director of Communications.…
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Southwest Introduces Transfarency to Try to Convince You It Has Low Fares
Southwest had a media day last week, but since I was in Denver I wasn’t able to make it. The big announcement…
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Topic of the Week: Should Delta Be Able to Fly to Dallas Love Field?
It’s been a heck of a fight between Southwest and Delta in Dallas. Once United gave up its gates to Southwest, Delta…
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Finding Awesome Award Seats to Japan and Our Delayed Positioning Flight (Trip Report)
As you know, I was on vacation a couple weeks ago, but what you might not know is that this was the…
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Cranky on the Web – Bomb Threats, TSA Failures, Southwest’s Web Meltdown
Bomb Threats, TSA Security Failures Mark Start of Summer Travel – NBC News With the recent bomb threats and TSA failures to…
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Why Doesn’t Southwest Fly Redeyes? (Ask Cranky)
I’m on vacation all this week, but that doesn’t mean I’m leaving you hanging. I have new posts ready to go on…
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Cranky on the Web – Southwest is No Longer Cheap, Time for a New Website
Southwest no longer cheapest airline – Philadelphia Inquirer This isn’t exactly news anymore, but they did a story in Philly about Southwest…
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I Don’t Know if Southwest’s New Seat is a Good Thing Or Not
Southwest had what it called an “especially amazing” announcement this week. The big news? The airline is introducing a new seat on…
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Topic of the Week: Any Safety Concerns?
It’s been a safety-issue kind of week, hasn’t it? There’s the letter United sent to its pilots regarding some serious problems. Then…