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American Becomes Instantly Relevant in New York With JetBlue Strategic Partnership
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Sorry for the tease in today’s earlier post, but these became public at different times, so I decided to go with a rare double post. Today, American and JetBlue are creating a strategic partnership in…
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Alaska Adds Seven New Los Angeles Routes to the Northwest and Leisure Spots
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Alaska has long been something of a tweener in the hyper-competitive Los Angeles market. While American, Delta, Southwest, and United all battle it out, Alaska has lived life as a large number five, a place…
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Demand Drying Up: Airlines Chop Summer Schedules With Florida Taking the Lead
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Friday nights are now one of the most exciting times of the week. Each Friday, Diio by Cirium loads that week’s schedule changes, and I get to see how the airlines are feeling about the…
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JetBlue Leaves a Bad Situation in Long Beach for Something Worse at LAX
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The writing has been on the wall for years, and now JetBlue has finally done it. It is pulling the plug on its Long Beach (LGB) operation entirely after October 6. This is the right…
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A New Cranky Talk Is Live: How Do Airports Make Their Money?
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How airports are funded and the impact of COVID-19 This week on Cranky Talk, Dave and I decided to take a swing at airport funding. After all, with flights down dramatically right now, how are…
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Cranky on the Web: JetBlue Ditches Long Beach for LAX, Empty Middles
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I will have plenty to say on this topic in detail on Monday, but both USA Today and TPG asked me for comment, and I was happy to oblige. Bye-bye Long Beach, hello LAX: JetBlue…
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3 Links I Love: American Unplugged, Sun Country CEO Talks, The Breguet 941
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This week’s featured link Best Of The Banter: Our PBB Interview With American Airlines’ Vasu Raja – PlanePerspectivesYou probably heard about Holly Hegeman’s PlaneBusiness Banter interview with American’s Chief Revenue Officer Vasu Raja, because Vasu…
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Air Canada Earns the Cranky Jackass Award For Continuing to Avoid Refunds
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I thought this had been settled some time ago, but in Canada, the war continues. After airlines started playing games during the pandemic, the Department of Transportation (DOT) told airlines if they couldn’t deliver something…
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A Free Cranky Daily Preview + Airline Hub T-Shirts
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It’s time for another Wednesday post. As you know, I don’t write on Wednesdays, but I’ve started to put some more internal news about new t-shirts, etc out there. In times like these, we need…
