Recent Articles
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The Deal That Brought a Delta Transatlantic Flight to Indianapolis
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It’s not surprising to see airports put out incentive packages to bring in new flights, but there was something about the deal Delta did to…
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Questionable Motives and Tactics Cast a Shadow on the 60 Minutes Allegiant Story
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When word came down that 60 Minutes would be shining a spotlight on Allegiant’s safety record a couple weeks back, I assumed I knew what…
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Cranky on the Web: Dynamic Pricing’s Pros and Cons, More on JetBlue, Cranky Profiled
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To work, dynamic pricing must be transparent – Travel Weekly Ok, so technically I wasn’t quoted in this piece, but instead the author used quotes…
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Mark Your Calendars: 2018 Dorkfest is on September 22
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I usually wait until June to set a date for Dorkfest, but many of you have asked if I could move things up. Yes, I…
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JetBlue’s New SoCal Strategy: Shrink Long Beach, Grow Long Haul
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One of the biggest questions surrounding JetBlue has been what exactly it was going to do for its West Coast strategy. It was assumed that…
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Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia Prepare for Battle as Joint Venture Ends
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It’s not often we see a joint venture unravel, but that’s exactly what’s happening across the Tasman as Air New Zealand has informed Virgin Australia…
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Virgin America Has One More Day Before it Disappears and Alaska Is Prepared
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Virgin America’s time is almost up. After the last flight goes tomorrow night, April 24, the airline will officially be gone from the public eye.…
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Cranky on the Web: Rethinking Window Seats After Southwest 1380
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Window seat or aisle? After Southwest incident, some fliers think twice – CNN Money If you read the title of this post and rolled your…
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3 Links I Love: Allegiant and the FAA Get Hammered, Rolls Royce Has Engine Problems Yet Again
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This week’s TWO featured links: I decided to feature two links this week, because they shine light on two sides of the same coin… Allegiant…
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Southwest’s Post-Accident Response Starts the Right Way, But The Road is Long
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At first, it seemed like a routine engine failure. Sure, the pictures coming off Southwest flight 1380 looked bad as did the panicked passenger response,…
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Sun Country Earns the Cranky Jackass Award for Giving No Options to Stranded Customers
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When it comes to major weather problems, I’m a pretty forgiving person. Weather wreaks havoc on an airline, and recovery can be really difficult. But…
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IAG Shows Its Smarts With Effort to Acquire Norwegian
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There is nothing quite like watching CEO Willie Walsh and the team at the generically-branded International Airlines Group (IAG) work. Every so often, the company…
