Recent Articles
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Southwest’s Andrew Watterson Talks MAX, Newark’s Fall, and More
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Late August means it’s time for the International Aviation Forecast Summit, better known as the Boyd conference. For the third year in a row, I…
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Southwest May Not Love Newark, But Frontier Sure Does
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Frontier has served New York’s LaGuardia Airport for many years, but it doesn’t want to fly to New York from just one airport. Days after…
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Five Airports, Four Islands, One Day of Hawaiian Flyin’ (Video)
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It’s Labor Day here in the US, and that means I usually don’t post. But I have such a backlog of things to push out…
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Cranky Dorkfest LAX is One Week From Today
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We are only one week away from Cranky Dorkfest LAX. I hope to see many of you there. As a reminder, Cranky Dorkfest has expanded…
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3 Links I Love: American’s Pain Continues, Captain Haynes, Origins of Economy
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This week’s featured link: Canceled flights, wrecked vacations and leaky planes: Passenger frustrations rise as American Airlines struggles – Dallas Morning NewsThe media coverage continues…
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Alaska Turns Its California Compass to Point North
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If you saw Alaska’s press release yesterday, you’d think the airline was entering major expansion mode. Next year, the airline will add eight new routes…
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Hawaiian’s Asian Strategy Is Largely a Japan Strategy (Across the Aisle)
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And now it’s time for the last part of my interview with Hawaiian Airlines CEO Peter Ingram. Today we talk about international flying, primarily Asia.…
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Hawaiian Deals With Its First Real Interisland Competition in a Decade (Across the Aisle)
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Welcome back to the second part of my interview with Hawaiian CEO Peter Ingram. If you missed our talk about mainland flying, you can find…
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Cranky on the Web: American Improves 737 First Class, Sabre Gets Sued
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American Airlines Will Make First Class Classier on Some Jets – SkiftBrian Sumers was the first to get official confirmation that American will be fixing…
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3 Links I Love: Mesa’s Funk, United’s Meh Expansion, The Black Box Inventor
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I’m back, and that means so is the weekly 3 Links post. This does bring up a question… did you miss it while I was…
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How Hawaiian Competes on Mainland Flying (Across the Aisle)
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Next week I’m off to the Boyd Conference in Las Vegas. I look forward to seeing some of you there. As I prepare for a…
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Bidding Ends at 5pm Tonight for the Cranky Dorkfest LAX Progressive Dinner
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If you’ve been holding out until the end to start bidding on the Cranky Dorkfest LAX progressive dinner, then the time has come. And the…
