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  • Island Air

    Topic of the Week: Island Air is Shrinking

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    May 29, 2015

    Yep, I’m still traveling. I will be slower at approving any flagged comments and responding to any emails. I’ll be back as usual on Monday. ————– Little Island Air is getting littler. It is pulling…

  • Mesa Makes It Harder to Choose Long Beach (Trip Report)
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    Mesa Makes It Harder to Choose Long Beach (Trip Report)

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    May 28, 2015

    I’m still on the road, so how about a report of the last time I took a trip? This was from earlier this month when I went to Phoenix. As a reminder, I will be…

  • Let’s See How Well You Know Your World Airports
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    Let’s See How Well You Know Your World Airports

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    May 26, 2015

    I’m still on vacation, so it seemed like a great time to put another airport quiz up. I will be slower at approving any flagged comments and responding to any emails. I’ll be back as…

  • Why Doesn’t Southwest Fly Redeyes? (Ask Cranky)
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    Why Doesn’t Southwest Fly Redeyes? (Ask Cranky)

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    May 25, 2015

    I’m on vacation all this week, but that doesn’t mean I’m leaving you hanging. I have new posts ready to go on the usual schedule this week, including today’s post about the lack of redeyes…

  • Delta, Family Airlines, Technology

    Cranky on the Web – Bounty for Hacking Airplanes, Avatar Again, Media Mistakes, More

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    May 23, 2015

    I’m on vacation through next week, but that doesn’t mean I’m leaving you hanging. I have new posts ready to go on the usual schedule, including today’s round-up which is pretty full. I will be…

  • Time for Vacation and a New Comment System
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    Time for Vacation and a New Comment System

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    May 22, 2015

    It’s vacation time! I’m off on an adventure starting today and I won’t be back until next weekend. Don’t worry, I worked to put together new posts for next week and they’re all scheduled to…

  • Etihad Isn’t the Only Airline With an On-Time Performance Problem Over the Atlantic
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    Etihad Isn’t the Only Airline With an On-Time Performance Problem Over the Atlantic

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    May 21, 2015

    After posting Tuesday’s rundown of Etihad’s poor on-time performance on flights to the US, I received a lot of questions about how others stacked up. Now I have some answers for you. In short, Etihad…

  • Etihad May Bring a Good Onboard Product to the US But Its On Time Performance is Awful
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    Etihad May Bring a Good Onboard Product to the US But Its On Time Performance is Awful

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    May 19, 2015

    There’s been a lot of talk lately about the superiority of the experience on Middle East carriers. While that’s more likely to be true (but not always) when it comes to the onboard product, what…

  • Fast Wifi is JetBlue’s Secret Advantage
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    Fast Wifi is JetBlue’s Secret Advantage

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    May 18, 2015

    For years, I was frustrated by JetBlue’s failure to follow others and put wifi on its airplanes. What took so long? Well, after a false start, the effort didn’t begin until the airline felt it…

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