Airports
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Dulles is On the Rise at United
Seems like this is turning into Washington Week here on the blog. This time, however, it’s Dulles that gets some love. United’s…
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Gridlock Heads Toward Washington’s National Airport
In the wake of the crash of American Eagle 5342 at Washington/National (DCA) airport, the airport is facing a tough future full…
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Breeze’s Entry Into New Haven Has Been a Bumpy One
It was November 2021 when Avelo struck gold. The airline went into the recently-abandoned New Haven Tweed airport along the southern Connecticut…
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Tulum Falls Flat After Its First Summer
Tulum was supposed to be a monster. Leading up to the new airport’s opening up to international travel in March of this…
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Breeze Squeezes into New Haven
Of all the things that happened while I was on vacation, it was Breeze’s decision to roll into New Haven that caused…
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Cranky on the Web: The ULCC Cycle of Death, Southwest Seating
Brian and I tackle what I’m now calling the ULCC cycle of death. I may have coined the term, but really, we’re…
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Airport Death Match: Is SFO or OAK Faster to San Francisco?
As I mentioned in my trip report last week, I flew into SFO on a recent trip to the Bay Area but…
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New Entrants are Blocked as DCA Slot Proceeding Gets Underway
When the FAA was reauthorized by Congress last month, a provision was included to allow for five new daily roundtrips at Washington/National…
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Dubai’s Al Maktoum Set to Become the Mega Hub to Top All Mega Hubs
You may have seen the pretty pictures. The man whose title is so long that you know he’s important — His Highness…
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The Wild Fight Over San Francisco
Regular readers know that the currently-named Metropolitan Oakland International Airport is a sponsor of the Friday Cranky Weekly Review. It also was…
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A Tale of Two Cities: Expanding on Last Week’s The Air Show Podcast
Last week on The Air Show podcast, Jon Ostrower, Brian Sumers, and I dove head first into the two northern corners of…
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After 35 Years, Lakeland Gets Another Chance with Avelo
Sometime in the spring of 1988, the last Delta Connection puddle jumper departed Lakeland, Florida and never looked back. Since then, there have…