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2024 Flying Summary
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It’s time to look back at my year of flying, and it was a good one. I finally crossed an ocean again for the first time in awhile. The biggest shame of the year is…
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Airlines We Lost 2024
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Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. That’s right, 2024 is nearly done, and as usual there were a slew of airlines that did not make it to see the ball drop…
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Mark Your Calendars: Cranky Dorkfest 2025 is September 13
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Ho, ho, ho fellow airline dorks. As you gather with your family and plot out plans for next year… take a little time to mark your calendars, because we have a date… Cranky Dorkfest 2025…
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Alaska Optimizes Flying by Retiming A321s and Hubbing Portland
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Alaska was busy working on integrating its Hawaiian fleet this past weekend. I should be mad that they dumped all these changes right before the holidays, but who can stay mad at Chester? After all,…
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The Air Show’s Last Episode of the Year + Holiday Posting Schedule
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It’s that time of the year when everything grinds to a halt. That means there’s not a lot of news, but there are still some year-end posts ahead. In the meantime, curious to hear some…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK: United Grows in Denver, Southwests Gets a Passing Grade
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For United, Some Roads from Denver Lead to Rome United Airlines announced eight new nonstop routes from its Denver hub this week including service to Rome/FCO. Rome is currently the largest unserved international market from…
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Air Canada Rouge Grows Again, Swaps Its Fleet
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Air Canada held its investor day this week, and it had a 162-slide presentation going through all of its plans. While the main goal of this plan was presumably to help analysts with insomnia to…
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Only Russia is Holding India Back
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When I looked at the Chinese market, one of the comments asked me to do a similar look at India. I’m happy to oblige. And really, this was a fascinating dive. I hadn’t thought about…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Start to Move Metal Around
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We’ve seen bits and pieces of Alaska’s plans for its integration with Hawaiian, but this weekend the airline loaded its first major schedule shift. A whole lot of airplanes are moving around, and the end…
