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JetBlue Leaves a Bad Situation in Long Beach for Something Worse at LAX
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The writing has been on the wall for years, and now JetBlue has finally done it. It is pulling the plug on its Long Beach (LGB) operation entirely after October 6. This is the right…
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A New Cranky Talk Is Live: How Do Airports Make Their Money?
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How airports are funded and the impact of COVID-19 This week on Cranky Talk, Dave and I decided to take a swing at airport funding. After all, with flights down dramatically right now, how are…
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Cranky on the Web: JetBlue Ditches Long Beach for LAX, Empty Middles
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I will have plenty to say on this topic in detail on Monday, but both USA Today and TPG asked me for comment, and I was happy to oblige. Bye-bye Long Beach, hello LAX: JetBlue…
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3 Links I Love: American Unplugged, Sun Country CEO Talks, The Breguet 941
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This week’s featured link Best Of The Banter: Our PBB Interview With American Airlines’ Vasu Raja – PlanePerspectivesYou probably heard about Holly Hegeman’s PlaneBusiness Banter interview with American’s Chief Revenue Officer Vasu Raja, because Vasu…
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Air Canada Earns the Cranky Jackass Award For Continuing to Avoid Refunds
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I thought this had been settled some time ago, but in Canada, the war continues. After airlines started playing games during the pandemic, the Department of Transportation (DOT) told airlines if they couldn’t deliver something…
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A Free Cranky Daily Preview + Airline Hub T-Shirts
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It’s time for another Wednesday post. As you know, I don’t write on Wednesdays, but I’ve started to put some more internal news about new t-shirts, etc out there. In times like these, we need…
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Reading the Tea Leaves with Frontier
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There has been a lot of talk lately about whether the resurgence of coronavirus through the southern and southwestern US will lead to a stall in the already shaky recovery in demand. Though it’s hard…
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Delta and United Play Catch Up in August While American Slows
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The story of the summer so far has been American’s aggressive approach to capacity in the domestic US market. The airline put out far more than United and Delta, and throughout June, it benefited greatly…
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Cranky on the Web: A Fireside Chat With Cowen and Company, Travel is Difficult with Miles to Go
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Happy weirdest 4th of July ever! Fireside Chat with Brett Snyder, President, Cranky Concierge and President, Cranky FlierEarlier this week, I (virtually) sat with Helane Becker, Cowen and Company’s airline industry analyst for an hour-long…
