Cranky Weekly Review
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: American Continues Quest for Chicago, United’s Very Profitable Year
American Takes Direct Aim at United One day after United CEO Scott Kirby said his airline will match any growth by American…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Allegiant Shifts Focus from Sunseeker to Sun Country, Delta’s 2025 Was Cash Friendly
Two Leisure Airlines Walk Into a Merger Remember mad libs? This is the airline merger version of that, as Allegiant and Sun…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Alaska Adds, Avelo Subtracts
Alaska Orders All the Airplanes Alaska Airlines placed the largest aircraft order in its history, agreeing to terms with Boeing, its Seattle…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Frontier, Delta See Leadership Changes
Frontier Abruptly Makes CEO Change Frontier Airlines announced Monday it was making a change at the top, replacing CEO Barry Biffle with…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: AA Goes Holiday Shopping, JetBlue Enters its Lounge Era
American Buys Two ORD Gates from the Clearance Rack American Airlines bought two gates from Spirit at Chicago/ORD as Spirit continues to…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: TSA, AA Want Your Money
When TSA Stops Being Polite and Starts Getting REAL The FAA, DOT, and TSA finally implemented their REAL ID requirements in May…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Europe Gets the (Jet)Blues, Allegiant Adds
JetBlue Adds Two to Europe JetBlue Airways announced two new European destinations on Wednesday, adding service from Boston to both Barcelona and…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: The Shutdown is Shut Down, When a Window Seat Doesn’t Require a Window
Shutdown Ends, (Hopefully) Bringing Our Long, ATC National Nightmare to an End One week after we posted in this space about DOT-mandated…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Capacity Restrictions, Spirit Shrinks
Busiest Airports in U.S. to Face Capacity Restrictions The FAA has begun a drawdown of capacity at the nation’s busiest airports today…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: DOT Slashes Mexico Service, Southwest Execs Seen Shopping for Loungewear
The long-awaited part three of our look at what’s wrong with American is now live. This week, we talk about the importance…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Earnings and New Route Announcements Abound
Jon and Brian went to the Wings Club Annual Awards Gala, and while they were there, they sat down with Emirates’s President…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: United Earnings, Spirit Continues to Shrink
United Boasts Strong Summer Earnings United Airlines is next up for Q3 reporting, and the carrier posted higher-than-expected earnings for the summer…