Recent Articles
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Four Hidden Pieces of History at LAX
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Thanks to Chris Sloan of Airchive, I recently had the chance to take a couple hour tour around the grounds at Los Angeles International Airport.…
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Does JetBlue’s Northeast-Florida Strategy Make Sense, and What About Worcester? (Ask Cranky)
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We have a two part Ask Cranky today. To be honest, I wasn’t going to address this on the blog, but I was surprised at…
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The Rise of the 50 Seat Regional Jet
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I realize the title of this post probably has a lot of you scratching your heads. The 50 seat regional jet is dead, right? Delta…
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Cranky on the Web (April 1 – 5)
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Doug Parker Decides ‘Small is Beautiful’ – Doesn’t Want AA-US Merger After Livery Concerns – Gadling Another April Fools’ post from me. This time, it’s…
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Topic of the Week: Do You Feel Safe Flying into an Airport Without a Tower?
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As the government continues to fail to do anything about the sequester cuts, the time has come to start closing control towers this weekend. Though…
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Allegiant Slashes Hawai’i Flying This Fall, and It Shouldn’t be a Surprise
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The only thing I’d heard surrounding Allegiant’s Hawai’i flying recently was regarding mechanical problems impacting half the 757 fleet. That caused a bunch of cancellations…
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Argentina Earns the Cranky Jackass Award for Propping Up Aerolineas Argentinas at the Expense of Real Competition
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There have been so many good news stories about aviation in Latin America lately that it seems like everything is going well. The LAN and…
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Virgin America Announces Plan to Rebrand as Alitalia America
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This one certainly came out of left field, but I think it’s a great move. Virgin America announced today that it has decided to rebrand…
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Cranky on the Web (March 25 – 29)
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Southwest Airlines: We’re Not Really About Cheap Flights Anymore – Time I spoke with Brad Tuttle at Time as a follow-up to my column about…
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Topic of the Week: Lufthansa Thinking About Long Haul, Low Cost Carrier
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It looks like Lufthansa is batting around the idea of starting up a long haul low cost carrier. *sigh* This has never worked before, but…
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The View is Getting Better at JFK’s T4 – Behind the Scenes of Delta’s Expansion (Guest Post)
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Anyone flown through Terminal 3 at JFK on Delta lately? Fortunately, that miserable experience is soon coming to an end with the opening of Delta’s…
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Can Wifi Really Be a Differentiator for JetBlue?
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When JetBlue first launched, it used inflight entertainment as one of the greatest initial product differentiators of all time, and now it’s trying to do…
