SFO – San Francisco
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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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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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San Francisco Shuffles Its Gate Numbers
If you flew through San Francisco (SFO) yesterday, you may have noticed things looked a bit different. No, no. It’s not that…
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Cranky on the Web: Waivers for SFO Delays
During Inconvenient SFO Construction, Airlines Offer Waivers – KCBS Radio The construction is done, so it doesn’t matter much now, but still…
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3 Links I Love: Ode to the Dash, Fare Weakness, Asiana Crash Response
This week’s featured link: Dash 8: The Piedmont Story – YouTube As you know from reading the blog, Piedmont just retired its…
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3 Links I Love: Near Misses, Frontier Unhinged, Darwin Un-Etihaded, Norwegian Unprofitable
This week’s featured link: NTSB: Air Canada close-call at SFO was even worse than first reported – San Jose Mercury News Any…
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If You Thought the Alaska/Virgin America Merger Was Anti-Competitive, Take a Look at San Francisco
I can’t recall anyone outside of the federal government thinking that the Alaska/Virgin America merger was in any way anti-competitive, but all…
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Cranky on the Web (July 6 – 12)
Asiana Airlines Crash Lands at SFO, No Fatalities but Airport Closed, Call Your Airline for Delays and Info – Conde Nast Daily…
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Asiana 214 Crashes at SFO, and the Airport Remains a Mess
By now we’ve all heard that Asiana flight 214 from Seoul/Incheon crashed at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) on Saturday. Anyone who…
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SFO Needs to Be Fixed One Way or Another
With 2012 over, it’s fun to look back on performance statistics to see what stands out. For me, it’s SFO and its…
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Attention Airlines: Less Information is Never Better
There has been a disturbing trend lately where airlines have apparently decided that less information is better for customers. It’s a strange…
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Touring San Francisco’s New Terminal 2
San Francisco opens (or shall I say, reopens) Terminal 2 with Virgin America and American as residents today. I was able to…