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Aeroméxico and Delta Joint Venture Forced to Unwind As Political Fight Escalates
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In a scathing smack-down of Mexican government policies, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) has told Aeroméxico and Delta that they must end their joint venture because the Mexican government sucks. Alright, that might be a…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: MAX 9 to Return This Weekend, Earnings Season is Here
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FAA Opens Door to MAX 9 to Return The FAA established the process for the MAX 9 to return to the air, with both Alaska and United to slowly begin the process of reintroducing the…
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Frontier Prepares for a World Where Spirit Continues to Exist
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Frontier made quite the splash this week when it rolled out a whopping 54 new routes for next summer. With such a big rollout, it’s hard to narrow this down into a single trend. That being said……
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Mesa Lives to See Another Day
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Say what you will about Mesa — and there is plenty that has been said — but there is no airline better at pure survival. Mesa has been on death’s door time and time again, and…
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Departing JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes Has Little to Show for His Nine Years at the Helm
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JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes recently announced that he would step down on February 12 after a nearly 9 year run. His long-time lieutenant Joanna Geraghty will take the reins, and oh boy, does she have…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue, Spirit Left Feeling Blue, MAX 9 Grounding Continues
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JetBlue’s Deflated Spirit When U.S. District Judge William Young ended the merger of JetBlue and Spirit on Tuesday, the fate of both airlines became as unstable as a first-time traveler attempting a 1-hour connection on…
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JetBlue and Spirit Forced to Develop Their Own Strategies After the Merger is Blocked
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I’ve moved up my usual Thursday post to Wednesday instead… since there was no reason to wait to talk about what just happened yesterday. It was never easy to predict what the courts would say,…
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The Cranky Flier Interview with Porter EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Kevin Jackson
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Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. It has finally happened. I conducted an ACTUAL across the aisle interview for the first time in the history of this site. Kevin Jackson, Executive…
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A Quick Note on the Delta A350-1000 Order
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It’s a holiday, so I normally wouldn’t post today. But I have a backup of things I want to write about, so you get a quicky today on the worst-kept secret in ages… Delta’s decision to…
