Mergers/Finance
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Russia Invades Ukraine
Cranky Talk – Russia Invades Ukraine We did things a bit different this week. We started recording last week, and then we…
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Frontier and Spirit Both March on Atlanta
With Spirit and Frontier coming together, everyone has focused on all the similarities… and to be fair, there are many. But the…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Airplane Livery!
Don’t forget to get your bids in by tonight for one of the 5 models available thanks to Boeing. To submit a…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Spirit and Frontier Merge!
Cranky Talk – Spirit and Frontier Merge! We had a whole plan for this week’s Cranky Talk, and then Frontier and Spirit…
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Spirit and Frontier: Together At Last
The news broke early yesterday, and people couldn’t stop talking about it… Maury Gallagher is retiring as CEO of Allegiant! Oh wait,…
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And the Winner of the Q3 Cash Burn Derby is…
…nobody, of course. Even the best performing airline is still losing cash faster than an avgeek at a collectibles show, but that…
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Figuring Out How Much Cash the Airlines are Really Burning
There are many metrics used to evaluate the health of an airline, but these days, cash burn is pretty much all that…
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Despite What You May Read, Airlines Have Not Been Run Recklessly
There’s a nasty virus going around that seems to be infecting people at a rapid rate. I’m not talking about COVID-19; I’m…
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The Great Thomas Cook Repatriation Begins, But Then What?
Going bankrupt in the United Kingdom is a whole lot different than in the US. Had Thomas Cook been based here, it…
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Air Canada’s Acquisition of Transat is a Forced Love Letter to Quebec
It’s been a month since Air Canada and Transat announced they were in exclusive merger negotiations. Now the deal has officially been…
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Southern Airways Express Buys Mokulele, Forming the Largest US Commuter Carrier
Though it may not fit your definition of a blockbuster merger, the announcement that will be coming out in just a few…
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An Emirates/Etihad Merger Makes All Too Much Sense… So It May Not Happen
It’s all rumor at this point, but Bloomberg reported last week that Emirates and Etihad are talking about a merger. This has…