Technology
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Spirit Focuses on Its Schedule to Improve Operations
Spirit did not have a good summer in 2021. For years, this wouldn’t have been a big deal. After all, the airline…
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Cranky on the Web: Sabre and Russia Take Center Stage
Russia’s largest airline yanked from global reservation systems – CNN Sabre Ends Distribution of Aeroflot Flights in Travel Tech Retreat From Russia…
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COVID Finally Forces Airlines to Help Travelers With International Travel Rules
Thank you once again to this week’s sponsor, The Airchive for supporting Cranky! I’ve gone back into The Airchive’s archives — say…
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A Look at Parallel Reality, Delta's Wall of Messages Directed at Individual Travelers
Delta CEO Ed Bastian’s wide-ranging keynote last week rolled out all sorts of technological goodies, but there was only one that really…
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Delta's CES Appearance Puts Things Into Perspective
Delta CEO Ed Bastian gave a keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Tuesday. Let that sink in for a…
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What the F*&@ is ADS-B and Why Is It Ruining Trips to the Bahamas?
It’s a new year, and that means it’s time for new regulations to go into effect. One of the big aviation-related regulations…
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Stuff I Want to Understand: Pedro Anderson On Future Potential Applications for Blockchain in Travel
Welcome back to the second part of my discussion with Pedro Anderson, Founder and CEO of Winding Tree, the company that has…
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Stuff I Want to Understand: Pedro Anderson Explains Blockchain's Place in Travel
There are some things in the world that I just don’t understand, and one of those things is blockchain. I mean, I…
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Hahn Air Issues the World’s First Ticket Using Blockchain… Does It Matter?
Blockchain! I know, I know. A lot of people are excited about blockchain, but nobody really seems to know why. It’s supposed…
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Cranky on the Web: Hacking Your Reservations, Southwest Computer Problems in Baltimore
A Hacker Exposed the Ancient Flaw That Makes Airlines So Hackable – Popular MechanicsI missed this when it first happened, but apparently there…
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The Unlikely Union of Sabre and Farelogix
Let’s take a trip way back to February 2013. Right around the time that the American and US Airways merger was announced,…
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Can LEO Satellites Fix Slow Inflight Wifi?
Travelers have a love/hate relationship with inflight wifi, and that’s being kind. People want wifi on airplanes, but they want wifi that…