Southwest
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Cranky on the Web (October 25-29)
AirTran Pilots Have a New Tentative Agreement, Thanks to Southwest – BNET Headwinds AirTran pilots have an agreement, and it comes suspiciously…
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Southwest Media Day: Wifi Pricing, Newark, Volaris, AirTran and More
Good morning from the big D (that’s Dallas, ya’ll). I spent yesterday with the good people of Southwest at their sometimes-annual Media…
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Cranky on the Web (October 11-15)
Why Arguments Against Airline Foreign Ownership Are Bogus – BNET Headwinds There are plenty of arguments against allowing foreign ownership of US…
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Cranky on the Web (October 4-8)
How the SkyTeam Alliance Became a Rehab Center for Global Airlines – BNET Headwinds SkyTeam has picked up some of the more…
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Cranky on the Web (September 28-October 1)
Southwest Acquires AirTran: Six Reasons This is a Great Move – BNET Headwinds Part one of my story focused on the positive…
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Frontier and Other Airlines Stand to Gain From the Southwest/AirTran Deal
I’ve seen countless articles/posts/interviews talking about how the Southwest/AirTran merger is going to be terrible for every other airline out there. The…
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Southwest Buys AirTran: Here’s What We Know So Far
I like to try and ease into the work week, but Southwest rudely prevented that from happening by announcing the airline would…
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Cranky on the Web (September 13-17)
United’s Houston to Aspen Route: A Middle Finger to Its Pilots – BNET Headwinds Man, these BNET guys really like to make…
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Cranky on the Web (August 30-September 3)
Remember, I’m on vacation starting now. Be back with you again next week. —- Why Continental and United Chose Southwest to Curry…
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Southwest To Fly to Newark Thanks to United/Continental Merger
On Friday afternoon, Southwest announced it came to an agreement with Continental to lease 36 slots at Newark. Holy crap. Has hell…
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Cranky on the Web (August 16-20)
Weak July Traffic Shows Allegiant Lost Altitude – BNET Headwinds Allegiant saw weaker traffic numbers in July. It’s not what you expect…
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Introducing BNET Headwinds – Cranky on the Web (July 26-30)
It’s been a quiet week on BNET this week, and that’s because they were busy launching a completely revamped site. So they…