Southwest
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Southwest’s First Scheduling Moves at AirTran Give Us Insight Into the Merger Plans
Earlier this week, Southwest publicly announced its first schedule changes for its new AirTran subsidiary. The changes, though small, give us a…
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Southwest’s Long DFW Goodbye and International Plans in Baltimore
There were a couple of completely unrelated pieces of news from Southwest that came out last week, but I decided to throw…
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Cranky on the Web (May 9 – 13)
Southwest, AirTran merger may mean changes for Northeast Ohio airports – WKSU I spoke with an Ohio public radio affiliate about the…
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Topic of the Week: Southwest/AirTran Merger is Approved
The Department of Justice approved the Southwest/AirTran merger without any changes this week. The DOJ said it had no concerns about an…
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Southwest, 737s, and Holes: What Happened and What Now?
I’m sure a lot of you have been wondering why I haven’t written about the Southwest 737 that had a big hole…
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Cranky on the Web (February 28 – March 4)
In the Trenches: Turnover Hurts – Intuit Small Business Blog We had someone leave Cranky Concierge in the last couple weeks and…
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Cranky on the Web (January 10-14)
Southwest Learns the Dangers of Unbridled Enthusiasm With Its Frequent Flier Relaunch – BNET Headwinds Southwest is excited about its new frequent…
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Cranky on the Web (January 3-7)
Expedia Drops American Airlines — Right After Orbitz Battle – BNET Headwinds Expedia has now joined the fight against American, which seems…
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Southwest Rolls Out New, Straightforward Rapid Rewards Program
I never thought this day would come. Southwest has been talking about rolling out a new Rapid Rewards program since, I believe,…
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Cranky on the Web (December 13-17)
Congress Might Finally Break the FAA Funding Logjam… Maybe – BNET Headwinds Now that Rep Oberstar is gone, the FAA reauthorization might…
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Cranky on the Web (December 6-10)
Boeing’s Response to the Airbus A320 Revamp Is Simple: Nothing – BNET Headwinds Now that Airbus has decided to re-engine the A320,…
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Cranky on the Web (November 1-5)
How Southwest Measures the Success of “Bags Fly Free” – BNET Headwinds Last week at Media Day, Southwest got into survey details…