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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: United Gets More Basic, Delta Improves Connectivity
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This week on The Air Show, we zoom out. What is oil doing to airlines in other parts of the world? It’s not good, but Brian Sumers spoke with a couple of carriers as he…
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The Upside to San Francisco’s Unwelcome Airport Capacity Cut
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San Francisco (SFO) has never been a beacon of operational reliability. In fact, it has generally been one of the most unreliable airports in a part of the country where snowstorms don’t exist and thunderstorms…
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Southwest Switches Back to Open Seating
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Well, that was quick. After just over two months of having assigned seating onboard, Southwest has decided to revert back to its old open seating model. This is obviously a big change, but the rationale…
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Volaris, the Purest ULCC (Travelogue)
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At long last, it was time to fly home (and end this lengthy travelogue). Well, at least, it was time to fly to Tijuana and then walk across the border. The final airline of my…
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Spirit’s December and January Show Improvement, Future Schedules Slashed
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At long last, Spirit has released its monthly operating reports for December and January. It’s been three months since the dreadful November report was released, and I could only imagine doom and gloom was to…
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Cranky on the Web: TSA Chaos
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Trump says he’ll sign order to pay TSA agents as travel chaos continues – NPR Morning Edition The question of what travelers can do to be made whole for their expenses due to missed flights…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: United’s Media Day Frenzy, JetBlue Rumors Abound
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United Shows Off Its New Toys at Media Day United Airlines held a media day this week, and it rolled out its fanciest new airplanes, including a surprise glow-up on even the lowly CRJ200. In…
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The CRJ450 Shows Off United’s Aggressive Creativity
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United made it easy for me this week. The airline held its big media day right in my background at United’s hangar at LAX, and it was quite an event filled with a ton of…
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TAR Was a Wild Ride (Travelogue)
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You may be wondering why I went to La Paz for one night in the first place when I could have just flown home from Los Cabos. The reason originally was that I needed to…
