Recent Articles
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Cranky on the Web: Billions of Dollars Pour Into LAX, Singapore’s Longest Haul
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Los Angeles’ Massive Airport Makeover – Icons of Infrastructure I stopped doing freelance writing a long time ago, but Icons of Infrastructure asked me if…
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3 Links I Love: Airline CEOs Gather in Sydney, Heathrow Steps Ahead, Elite Airways
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This week’s featured link: So Long, Sydney: Take-Aways From IATA’s Meeting of World’s Airline Execs – Stuck at the Airport I’ve still never been to…
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Why Won’t American Let Me Use Miles on a Connecting Flight? (Ask Cranky)
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It’s time for another Ask Cranky. This one is a follow-up on a post I wrote last December. I read your post in December [about…
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Air New Zealand Starts Dating Its Former Best Friend’s Worst Enemy
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There have certainly been some dramatic airline spats over the years, but down in Australia and New Zealand, quite the doozy is developing. Here’s a…
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After Diversifying Its Brands, Singapore Reverses Course
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There was a time that it seemed like Singapore Airlines thought the more brands it had, the better off it would be. But after amassing…
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Cranky on the Web: When to Buy Tickets
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Landing the Best Airfare Is a Matter of Timing – NerdWallet I would love to see a statistic about just how many times an article…
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3 Links I Love: Explaining the Lufthansa Livery, Flight 1, California Pacific Tries Again
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This week’s featured link: Exclusive Interview: Lufthansa Explains Its New Livery, Why Yellow Was Dropped (+Photos) – Airways Though the commenters on this article trashed…
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United Rushes Out a Semi-Basic Economy Transatlantic Offering
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When I first saw the announcement that United and its joint venture partners Lufthansa Group and Air Canada were rolling out Transatlantic fares without the…
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Delta to India: Anatomy of a Masterful Press Release
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I generally expect airline press releases to bend the truth. I know that releases will gloss over the negatives and focus on the positives; that’s…
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3 Links I Love: White House and State Dept Spar Over Open Skies, Allegiant Loses, Alitalia May Go It Alone
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This week’s featured link: Navarro clashes with State Department over UAE airline deal – Associated Press Remember how I said there were differing views on…
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United’s Clever Pricing Strategy for Access to the Fancy Private Suite
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If you’re super rich and famous, you may have heard of the Private Suite at LAX. If you haven’t, well, then you clearly aren’t rich…
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A Video Walkthrough of Delta’s New A350
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Last week, Delta brought its fancy new A350 to Los Angeles to show it off. The airline parked the airplane at the Flight Path Museum…
