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Ryanair Gets Friendlier, Considers Connections for Growth
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Many Americans may not realize this, but Ryanair is easily the largest airline in Europe when ranking by number of passengers flown. The airline is massive and it’s highly profitable. For that reason, it has…
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Alaska’s Chief Commercial Officer Goes Across the Aisle on California, Loyalty Programs, and Domestic Partners (Part 2)
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Welcome back to the second half of my interview with Andrew Harrison, Alaska’s Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Yesterday we talked about the genesis of the Virgin America merger, why Alaska was willing…
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Alaska’s Chief Commercial Officer Goes Across the Aisle to Talk About The Virgin America Merger (Part 1)
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It was only a couple weeks ago that Alaska Airlines announced it would be acquiring Virgin America, and like you, I’m full of questions. So I was pretty pleased when Alaska reached out to see…
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Cranky on the Web: More Multi City Pricing
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Consumers push back on new airline rules, higher fares – Philadelphia Inquirer The airline rules on multi-city trips are still changing, and people are still writing about it. This is a pretty good summary story,…
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3 Links I Love: Norwegian Air International Gets Approved, United Settles Its Board Fight, A Play About a Crash
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Approving Norwegian Air International will create thousands of new U.S. jobs – The Hill Norwegian’s CEO Bjørn Kjos had a op-ed talking about just how great it is that after several years, Norwegian Air International…
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A Video Tour of the JetSuiteX Embraer 135 Interior
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Just a couple weeks ago I wrote about JetSuiteX, an effort to run private-style operations at commercial-style fares. The launch was on Tuesday, and I was invited to Burbank Airport to check out the space…
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JetBlue’s Mint Expansion Could Be a Watershed Moment in True Premium Cabin Flying Around the US
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Conventional wisdom in the US is that there is a ton of demand for international-style paid premium cabin offerings between New York and both Los Angeles and San Francisco. Anywhere else? Meh, not so much.…
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American, Delta, and United Have Tweaked Their Multi-City Pricing Problem and It’s Now Even More Confusing
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It’s been a couple of weeks since I awarded American, Delta, and United a Cranky Jackass Award for blocking most fares from pricing on multi-city trips. Since that time, they’ve all been tweaking their fares…
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Cranky on the Web: New Airlines in Small Cities, More Alaska/Virgin America, Multi City Fares
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Growth in flights at YNG bucks US trends – Youngstown Vindicator Youngstown is getting a new airline to fly to Chicago. I spoke to the reporter extensively about how this is doomed, though of course…
