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Air Wisconsin Goes It Alone as American Ends Eagle Partnership
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There are a handful of regional airlines that I’m always surprised to find still in business. There’s Mesa, of course, and yes, GoJet, but one of the biggest surprises of all is Air Wisconsin. And…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK: Delta’s Year was Profitable, Southwest CFO “Retires”
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Delta Finishes 2024 Flush with Cash Delta Air Lines reported its year-end earnings on Friday, and the carrier did well — to the tune of $1.7 billion in profit for Q4 and nearly $6 billion…
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Delta Makes a Spectacular, Amazing, Astounding Announcement About… Nothing
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It is Consumer Electronics Show (CES) week in Las Vegas, so the tech world is abuzz with all kinds of chatter about stuff and things. For some reason, Delta decided a few years back that…
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Announcing the 2025 Cranky Network Award Nominations
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Now that the new year has begun, it is time to reveal the nominations for the upcoming 2025 Cranky Network Awards presented by Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The ceremony which honors the best in…
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American’s Terrible Paid Seat Policy Chooses What’s Easy Over What’s Right
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It is somewhat remarkable to me just how often certain airlines default to the most customer-unfriendly way of doing business. Before I even say who I’m talking about, you probably just assume it’s American. And…
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Condor Quickly Remakes Its Summer Network
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Welcome back from the holidays. It’s that awful first day when everyone is back working and nobody wants to be. So, let’s pretend we’re all still on vacation by talking about a holiday-focused airline. Today,…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK: Silver’s Finances are Anything but Golden, BA Goes Revenue-Based
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Silver Files for Chapter 11 As the minutes counted down to the end of 2024 earlier this week, the number of Florida-based airlines whose name begins with “S” that filed for bankruptcy protection during the…
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Reviewing Your 2024 Predictions and Making Your 2025 Picks
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Happy new year, everybody! Now that we are squeaking into 2025, it’s time to look at how many of your 2024 predictions came true and then think about what this coming year will bring. As…
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2024 Flying Summary
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It’s time to look back at my year of flying, and it was a good one. I finally crossed an ocean again for the first time in awhile. The biggest shame of the year is…
