Categories
Recent Articles
-
Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: AMS Angry That It’s Open for Business, Allegiant Throws Darts
–
Dutch Government Suspends Flight Restrictions The Dutch federal government pumped the brakes on its previous plan to cap the number of flights at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport next summer after meeting with U.S. officials who sent…
-
American Continues Push to Create a Completely Different (and Increasingly Non-Existent) Sales Team
–
Over the last year, American has undertaken a complete reimagining of its sales programs. It slashed half its staff, eliminated discounts for mid-size companies, ended all waivers and favors, and all-but-forced agencies to use new…
-
Flydubai Takes on Widebodies as Emirates Stays Above the Fray
–
You’ve probably heard of flydubai, but you also probably think of it as a small airline that flies 737s on the routes from Dubai that Emirates can’t with its big widebodies. Get ready for that…
-
Mexico City’s New Airport is a Mess, but Tulum’s Will Be a Winner
–
I’ve written about the Mexico City’s trainwreck of an airport problem more than once, but I really haven’t dedicated enough space to a good idea coming out of Mexico: the new Tulum International Airport (TQO).…
-
Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: MileagePlus Changes, Breeze Blows Into 7 New Cities
–
United MileagePlus Takes First Step Towards Revenue-Only Model United isn’t ready to go full-SkyMiles yet but is moving in that direction as the carrier announced tweaks to its 2024 Mileage Plus program this week. The…
-
Heading to Phoenix for the World Series (Trip Report)
–
Game 5 of the NLCS may have been awful, but games 6 and 7 were incredible and the Diamondbacks moved on to the World Series. When the presale for the World Series happened long before…
-
Frontier Plans Shift to an Out-and-Back European Operation Model
–
Frontier may have revenue problems, as we discussed last week. But here’s the thing about revenue problems… they are a lot less of a problem if your costs keep going down too. While Frontier tackles…
-
A New Cranky Talk is Live – NDC Woes
–
Listen on Apple, Spotify, direct, or wherever you get your podcasts. Yeah, yeah, it’s been awhile, I know. But we are back, so all of you can get your Dave fix before the holidays. Today…
-
Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue is Feeling Blue, Southwest Looks Toward its White Whale
–
JetBlue? More Like JetRed JetBlue Airways released its Q3 earnings – or lack thereof – this week, as the carrier announced a loss of $153 million on $2.4 billion in revenue. It’s never good when…
