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Putting American’s Network Superiority Claims to the Test
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At American’s Investor Day two months ago, it started to create a justification for its focus on smaller cities using “network superiority” metrics. I wasn’t satisfied with those metrics, so in partnership with Raymond James,…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue Adjusts Schedule, Frontier Adjusts Name
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Win Some, Lost Some: JetBlue Gets Mintier, Drops More from NYC JetBlue Airways is making route map swaps, as the carrier announced increased service to the Caribbean and it certified three new destinations as Minty…
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Spirit Teases But Doesn’t Reveal Its Plan to Fix the Airline
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In the airline industry, cash is king. It’s expensive to operate an airline but as long as you have cash, you can lose money and survive. Spirit is up against some monster debt coming due…
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Frontier’s Evolving Network in Maps
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Frontier has been telling us that it needed to remake its operation, delving even further into the out-and-back model of basing crews and airplanes in one city and having them back home that night. This…
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Podcasts a Plenty: New DOT Rules and A Broad Look at American’s Sales and Distribution Plans
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It’s time for a two-fer! First up, we have a new Cranky Talk episode for the first time in awhile. Dave was so excited to talk about government regulation, that I just couldn’t tell him…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Bye-Bye Bonza, SAS Reaches for the SkyTeam
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Bonza Goes Belly Up Bonza, an LCC in Australia that began flying last January, died a quiet death earlier this week. The airline is survived by the eight aircraft in its fleet which were repossessed,…
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Dubai’s Al Maktoum Set to Become the Mega Hub to Top All Mega Hubs
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You may have seen the pretty pictures. The man whose title is so long that you know he’s important — His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the…
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Southwest is in a Funk, But It Has a Plan
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Southwest did not have a good first quarter, and that’s putting it mildly. The airline that used to crow like clockwork every three months about how many consecutive profitable quarters it posted… posted another loss.…
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American Flinches as Its Sales and Distribution Strategy Runs Into Trouble
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Just over a week ago, American Airlines was on the cusp of rolling out its new “preferred agency” program that would yank mileage-earning capability away from all bookings at travel agencies that hadn’t adopted American’s…
