It’s the last day of the year, so that means it’s time to look at the year in flying.
Miles: 33,378 (19,406 last year)
Segments: 36 (17 last year)
New Aircraft: none
New Airlines: FlyBe, Loganair…
Category: Miscellaneous
The year is almost done, and that means it’s time to go back and see how you did on your 2019 predictions. Some were right on, some were not, and some were truly ridiculous. (I’m talking to you, phllax.)
Limiting my review to only the first prediction from each commenter…
It’s hard to believe that the terrorist act that completely turned our industry upside down is now old enough to vote. It’s been 18 years since that fateful day in 2001. As always, following the lead set by Holly Hegeman (PlaneBusiness) so many years ago, I’m honoring those …
Have We Reached Peak Airline Complexity? – kambr.media
Here’s a wide-ranging interview I did with Kambr touching everything from my background to what’s new at Cranky Concierge… and of course, whether we’ve reached peak airline complexity.…
BHM confident in airport traffic growth despite losing Via Airlines – Birmingham Business Journal
I realize this is behind a paywall that many of you won’t be able to access, but it gives me the opportunity to at least highlight the plight of Via Air. The airline has basically given …
I said I was going to leave North America in 2018, but that didn’t happen. For a variety of reasons (many work-related), I had to scrap trips that I had planned. In the end, I was left with another really weak year of travel. Let’s start with the anemic visual, …
It’s the end of the year, and you know what that means. It’s time to look back at your predictions for 2018 as well as make you picks for what you think will happen in 2019.
The 2017 review saw almost 100 comments, and it has been quite the pain …
How about something a bit different today? It’s not uncommon for me to get requests to read a manuscript, and I will often do so if it’s related to the airline industry. But it’s not every day that I get asked to write a foreword. Korry Franke is a young …
If you didn’t come to Dorkfest on Saturday, you missed out on a great time. We had well over 100 people show up — probably closer to 150 — to eat burgers, watch airplanes, talk shop… and take home a bunch of swag.
What you see above is just a …
Dorkfest is almost upon us. One week from tomorrow, I’ll be at the park across from the In-N-Out at LAX (9149 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045) from 11am to 1pm. Why? To do this:
That’s a photo from last year, and as always, it was a great day …
It’s always worse when it falls on a Tuesday.
Seventeen years ago, I remember going to bed on a Monday night, ready to wake up early for another day at work. But on that Tuesday, well, we all know what happened on THAT Tuesday. Today will be filled with remembrances, …
The wait is over. California Pacific, an airline that has been around for years in theory, has finally taken flight. The airline is currently operating… from Denver to the bustling South Dakota metropolises of Pierre and Watertown? That’s probably not what you expected, but don’t worry, there’s a reason for …