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An Aborted Attempt to Fly a KLM 747 (Almost A Trip Report)
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Last week, I mentioned how the good people at Hahn Air asked me to be the first passenger to fly on a reservation ticketed via blockchain. Unfortunately, this turned into a giant mess. I suppose…
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Tokyo Tipping Point: Next Summer, Haneda Will Have More Flights to North America Than Narita
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Travelers have always preferred Tokyo’s Haneda Airport over Narita, but artificial restrictions that prevented most international flights from operating at Haneda forced airlines to fly to Narita for all flights to/from North America for years.…
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3 Links I Love: When Boeing Strayed, Qantas Pouts, Airplane Water is Fine
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This week’s featured link: The Long-Forgotten Flight That Sent Boeing Off Course – The AtlanticDon’t worry, this isn’t a 10,000 word traditional Atlantic article. It’s a relatively short piece highlighting how Boeing’s merger with McDonnell…
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Delta Should Have Bigger Plans For Its Silver Airways Codeshare
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I linked to the press release announcing the Delta and Silver Airways would be entering into a codeshare arrangement on Friday, but I decided this was worth a broader post. On the surface, this may…
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Hahn Air Issues the World’s First Ticket Using Blockchain… Does It Matter?
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Blockchain! I know, I know. A lot of people are excited about blockchain, but nobody really seems to know why. It’s supposed to revolutionize the world… and be awesome… and fix everything… and… I dunno,…
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IAG Looks to Consolidate Power At the Top
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Airline mergers within Europe have gone very differently from how they’ve proceeded in the US. As we all know, in Europe, the merged brands tend to keep their pre-merger identities in one form or another.…
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3 Links I Love: Grounding Southwest Planes, Delta Nabs Silver, Ontario at 3
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I will be rolling out a redesign of the blog in the next week or so. If you’d like to see preview, go here. If you go, please send your feedback to cf@crankyflier.com. This week’s…
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JetBlue’s Take on Basic Economy Brings More of the Same Plus a Blizzard of Options
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JetBlue’s long-awaited Basic Economy entry has now gone live in limited markets, and with it comes a big reorganization in how JetBlue approaches it fare families. Previously, in coach, JetBlue had three fare options. Blue…
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Flying United to Chicago for Media Day (Trip Report)
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After a few days in Washington, it was time to move on to Chicago for United’s Global Media Day. Even though I flew into Dulles for the weekend event, I had moved into the District…
