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Cranky on the Web: JetBlue, Spirit, and Nothing Else
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This was a local news kind of week, and that is always fun. With Frontier out, JetBlue likely to buy Spirit; higher airfares possible at Philly and Baltimore? – ABC 27 HarrisburgThis piece came out…
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3 Links I Love: SpirBlue is Happening, Small Airports with Big Problems, Big Props in Molokai
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This Week’s Featured Link JetBlue and Spirit to Create a National Low-Fare Challenger to the Dominant Big Four Airlines – JetBlue NewsroomThe hostile bid has worked. JetBlue and Spirit, together forever… if the feds say…
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The Frontier/Spirit Merger is Dead… And Spirit’s Board Only Has One Good Option
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Everyone has been waiting for the results of the Spirit vote on the Frontier merger for weeks now. After multiple delays, this is done. Spirit shareholders have given a big middle finger to Frontier, wooed…
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The Curious and Frightening Case of American Flight 300’s Near Accident
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I find incident/accident investigations fascinating in general, but I rarely if ever cover them here. That being said, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) just put out its final report on American flight 300’s near…
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Air Canada and United Tighten Up Partnership with Transborder Joint Venture
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It’s always been a weird dance between Air Canada and United. For two decades,the airlines have had a joint venture, but it has only covered Transatlantic travel. Now, a new joint venture that will cover…
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Cranky on the Web: My Most Hated Myth
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The Myth of Best Day to Buy Cheap Flights | Expert Interview with Brett Snyder – VerifyThere is no myth that I dislike more than the one that there is some magical best time-of-day or…
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Where Global Airports Stand in the Recovery
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Last week I looked at how US airport capacity has changed during the pandemic, and now it’s time to go global. As a reminder, I took Cirium data and plotted it on Great Circle Mapper.…
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Canada Brings Back Testing Rules as Its Airlines Crumble
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If you were hoping to go visit Canada this summer — as I am — you may be getting nervous about those plans. Thanks to an impressively terrible operation at Air Canada and a moderately…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – A US Travel Stress Test With Special Guest Dawn Gilbertson!
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Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Dave and I have spent a lot of time talking to you about airlines, but you know what we realized? Maybe you’d like to hear…
