Recent Articles
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Cranky on the Web (January 27 – 31)
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What Happens When a Plane Freezes, and Why You Should Care – Conde Nast Daily Traveler A little piece talking about why cold air doesn’t…
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Are You Ready For Some Football… Airplane Porn? (Topic of the Week)
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It’s been awhile since I’ve put up any airplane porn on the site, but this seemed like a fun one. Boeing has painted (or put…
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What is Preclearance and Why Are Airlines So Mad About Abu Dhabi Having It?
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It’s one of those days that ends in the letter “y” so that means there’s an international spat brewing in the airline industry. This time,…
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Another Look at American’s New LaGuardia Flights
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I know I just wrote about this last week, but the schedules for American’s new flying at New York/LaGuardia airport have been filed. It’s time…
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Why Airlines Hate Venezuela
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If you happen to live in Venezuela and want to fly out of the country, good luck. Thanks to truly terrible government policy, it’s becoming…
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Cranky on the Web (January 19 – 24)
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Cranky Analysis: Southwest Airlines Operations Blew Up Over The Holidays. Problems Continue. The Problems Are Systemwide. – PlaneBusiness Banter ($Subscription Required$) Southwest had a very…
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Topic of the Week: Is Delta the Airline of the Year?
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Air Transport World has named Delta the airline of the year for 2014. That’s the first US-based winner since Southwest in 2003. What do you…
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A Short and Somewhat Confusing History of American Eagle, er, Envoy
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American Eagle Airlines has announced that it’s changing its name to Envoy, but it will keep flying under the American Eagle brand. Confused yet? You…
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How Does Overbooking Work? (Ask Cranky)
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It’s time once again to answer a reader question. This time, the question is pretty broad, but it’s a very good one. I’ll let Nathan…
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First Glimpse of American’s New York Strategy Shows Less Focus on New Yorkers
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We had our first look into the new American’s schedule planning strategy last week when the airline announced how it would deal with its newly-reduced…
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Cranky on the Web (January 13 – 17)
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Airline merger will hurt some cardholders – Philadelphia Inquirer Apparently the decision to stop allowing Amex Platinum access to US Airways clubs is causing quite…
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Topic of the Week: PeopleExpress Tries Yet Again
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Remember when the new PeopleExpress said it would be flying by Summer 2012? Ha, not even close. It bought the certificate for XTRA Airways but…
