Southwest
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Southwest’s Announcement of 15 New Destinations From Dallas Leaves So Many Questions Unanswered
Ever since Southwest first started flying more than 40 years ago, it has been heavily restricted as to where it could fly…
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Cranky on the Web (January 27 – 31)
What Happens When a Plane Freezes, and Why You Should Care – Conde Nast Daily Traveler A little piece talking about why…
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Cranky on the Web (January 19 – 24)
Cranky Analysis: Southwest Airlines Operations Blew Up Over The Holidays. Problems Continue. The Problems Are Systemwide. – PlaneBusiness Banter ($Subscription Required$) Southwest…
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Cranky on the Web (December 23 – 27)
Scrambling Toward Christmas with Sad Songs, Oscar Isaac, and Tight Flights – The Colin McEnroe Show I was on WNPR to talk…
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Southwest Leaves Three More Small Cities
Southwest continues to struggle to find a way to serve smaller cities. After axing a ton of service to small cities when…
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Topic of the Week: Who Should Get the LaGuardia Slots?
Reports suggest that the slots American has to sell off at LaGuardia will be bought by Southwest and Virgin America. Do you…
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Time to Prepare for Another in a Long History of Brawls Over Dallas/Love Field
With all the divestitures announced when American and US Airways settled with the Department of Justice (DOJ), the most surprising result is…
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Cranky on the Web (October 21 – 25)
Cranky Analysis: Southwest’s Rising Fares Have Benefited Competitors Big and Small – PlaneBusiness Banter – $Subscription Required$ In this month’s PlaneBusiness column,…
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To Change or Not to Change? (Tales From the Field)
We were faced with quite the dilemma this week at Cranky Concierge when we had a client flying Southwest who was looking…
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What it Means When Southwest Says It Has De-Hubbed Atlanta
When Southwest bought AirTran way back in 2010, all eyes were on Atlanta to see what the airline would do there at…
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Cranky on the Web (March 25 – 29)
Southwest Airlines: We’re Not Really About Cheap Flights Anymore – Time I spoke with Brad Tuttle at Time as a follow-up to…
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Southwest’s Ironic and Appropriate New Ad Campaign
Has everyone seen Southwest’s latest ad campaign? I’ll guess not since the new 60 second spot debuted in the unwatched first round…