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Republic Orders New Bombardier Airplane That Will Compete with Boeing and Airbus (If It Works)
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Republic, overlord of Frontier, Midwest, and a bunch of regional flying, made headlines last week by placing an order for 40 CS300 airplanes. These are the “C-Series” airplanes that Bombardier has been putting together to…
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Cranky on the Web (February 22 – 26)
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First Class is Disappearing in Name Only – BNET Qantas is the latest to reduce First Class onboard, but it’s not really going away. It’s just changing names. Premium Air Traffic Surpasses Previous Year for…
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How Frontier Got Me to Pay More for a Connecting Flight Than a Nonstop
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I’ve long sung the praises of Air Canada’s efforts to create fare product categories, but really, I’ve never gone through the purchase process for my own ticket. When Frontier adopted a similar structure, I felt…
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Only Two Airlines Left Flying a Douglas Widebody Commercially
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This week Finnair Western, American, United, and even Delta (when they briefly operated the DC-10s they inherited from Western) to Hawai’i. I even flew on some more interesting characters – World Airways when they had…
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Branson Airport Wants More Flights, Builds Own Airline
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Long-time readers of the blog know that I’ve been following the development of Branson airport with interest. I even took a tour of the place back in 2008 when they were still building it out.…
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Entire European Continent Goes on Strike
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Ah, spring. The days become longer, the temps get warmer, and, apparently, it’s a great time for airline strikes. Lufthansa pilots just struck for a day and postponed the rest for later. Meanwhile, British Airways…
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St Louis: The Incredible Shrinking Airport
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Lambert-St Louis International Airport is a hub without an airline. It has been struggling with the dramatic drop in traffic since TWA went under and American slowly culled the remains, and now it’s trying to…
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Cranky on the Web (February 16 – 19)
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too fat to fly? know before you go – antibride Another day, another fat person is angry that they were bumped for needing two seats. Don’t let it happen to you. United Most On-Time for…
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Why Do Two Flights Cost Less Than One? (Ask Cranky)
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It’s time for another episode of Ask Cranky. I’ve received this question in many different forms ever since my days doing airline pricing, so I thought now would be a good time to answer it.…
