Spirit
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Cranky on the Web (June 14-18)
ExpressJet’s New CEO Targets Costs to Fix the Airline. Duh – BNET ExpressJet’s new CEO is trying to make his mark by…
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Pilot Strike Could Be the End of Spirit As We Know Them
I hope everyone had a good weekend. Of course, if you had plane tickets on Spirit, it was far from it. The…
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AirTran, BNET, Continental, Frontier, Labor Relations, Mergers/Finance, Mesa Airlines, Southwest, Spirit, United, US Airways
Cranky on the Web (May 17 – 21)
Union-Vote Rule Change: Bad News for Non-Union Delta, JetBlue – BNET The National Mediation Board made some rule changes recently and it…
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Carry-On Guide for Misinformed Senators
Wondering why I’m posting on a Sunday? Well, it’s to welcome Washington Post readers to the site. See, today I had an…
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Cranky on the Web (April 5 – 9)
Even April Fools’ Can’t Stop Southwest Talking About Bag Fees – BNET If you haven’t seen Southwest’s April Fools’ joke, it’s a…
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DOT Fines Spirit for All Sorts of Violations
Spirit is one of those airlines that people seem to love to hate, and now the government is getting in on the…
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787, Baggage, BNET, Boeing, Customer Service, Delta, Mergers/Finance, Spirit, United, US Airways, Virgin America
In the Loop Radio Guest and This Week on BNET (July 6 – 10)
I’m hijacking my usual “This Week on BNET” post with a brief plug. Minnesota Public Radio puts out a weekly podcast called…
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Accidents/Incidents, BNET, Continental, Delta, ExpressJet, Labor Relations, Mergers/Finance, Spirit, United, US Airways, Virgin America
This Week on BNET (May 11 – 15)
ExpressJet To Fly 10 Planes for United This Summer Looks like ExpressJet is flying for United this summer, and it seems like…
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Spirit Adds a PUF When You Buy a Ticket
A piece in the Wall Street Journal yesterday noted that Spirit is planning to start charging a PUF, or Passenger Usage Fee,…
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Spirit Wants Ads on Flight Attendants, I Say “Why Not?”
Spirit has been pretty quiet lately, and that should scare all of us. This is an airline that thrives on getting itself…
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This Week on BNET (Sep 15 – 19)
Vegas Hotel Rooms Growing; Flights Shrinking Hotels rooms in Vegas are growing rapidly but flights are disappearing. How are they going to…
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Spirit Brings Ads to Overhead Bins, Bulkheads, and More
To be honest, I’m really surprised that it took this long for an airline to do this, but if anyone was going…