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Cranky on the Web (October 21 – 25)
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Cranky Analysis: Southwest’s Rising Fares Have Benefited Competitors Big and Small – PlaneBusiness Banter – $Subscription Required$ In this month’s PlaneBusiness column, I take a look at Southwest’s fares over the last decade. They have…
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Topic of the Week: Who Should Get Tokyo/Haneda Slots?
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American has thrown in the towel on its JFK to Tokyo/Haneda flight and will be handing the slots back. So far, there are two airlines that are interested. United wants to fly from SFO (it…
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To Change or Not to Change? (Tales From the Field)
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We were faced with quite the dilemma this week at Cranky Concierge when we had a client flying Southwest who was looking at a possible missed connection. This required us to make a judgment call…
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Norwegian Escalates its US Invasion
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Anyone here flown Norwegian yet? If not, you’re going to have plenty of opportunity. Norwegian has stepped up its efforts to become the first airline to be a successful long haul, low cost carrier with…
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American’s Asia Strategy Centers on Dallas/Ft Worth
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I talked a lot about Delta’s and United’s Asia strategies last week, but I didn’t touch on American’s. That’s kind of funny since American was the one that announced some big moves cementing Dallas/Ft Worth…
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Cranky on the Web (October 14 – 18)
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The longest flight in the world – CNN.com I was asked to comment on the declining popularity of 4 engine aircraft. It’s all about economics.
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Topic of the Week: Ireland Dumps Its Air Travel Tax
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Something very unusual (and excellent) came out of Europe this week. Though some taxes were increased in the annual budgeting process, Ireland decided to scrap its air travel tax entirely. The idea is that they…
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Delta Turns Away From Tokyo in Favor of Seattle
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For many years, Delta and United had very different operational strategies for Asia. United long ago shifted from focusing on its Tokyo hub to overflying Tokyo to points beyond thanks to the strength of its…
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Flying the Friendly Skies to Maui (Trip Report)
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With my wife’s maternity leave from her job coming to an end, and a couple of unused United MileagePlus tickets sitting around (didn’t want to pay the $150 redeposit fee), we decided it was time…
