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Who the F*&@ is XAIR?
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You guys know I have an unhealthy obsession with featuring startup airlines that have little chance of actually starting up, right? Well, this one was too good to ignore. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to…
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JFK to Close a Runway for Four Months, Prepare to Cry
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I highly doubt you needed another reason to avoid congested New York/JFK Airport, but here’s one for you just in case. Starting in March, JFK is shutting a runway down to be re-done. It’ll reopen…
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DOT Says Virgin America is a US Citizen, But It Requires Significant Concessions
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The DOT has ruled once again that the “America” in Virgin America isn’t a lie. Despite Alaska Airlines’ efforts to have the airline ruled to be under foreign control, the DOT decided that wasn’t the…
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Cranky on the Web (January 4 – 8)
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Short Haul Air Travelers Aren’t Buying Premium Tickets, May Be a Permanent Change – BNET Premium air traffic numbers are looking a bit better on long haul, but short haul travel is still feeling the…
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Posting a Blogging Code of Ethics
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Ethics has been a hot topic in the world of blogging lately, and after a recent discussion in the comment section on a post, I thought it was time for me to put things in…
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Air Asia and Jetstar Form an Alliance, But You’ll Never Notice
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If I told you that two of the largest low cost carriers in the Asia Pacific region got together to form an alliance, that would be pretty big news, right? Well, that’s what is happening…
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Mesa Files Bankruptcy, Looks to Shrink By Nearly Half
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Mesa Air Group has finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a very long downhill slide. I imagine that there’s not a single person in the airline industry surprised by this move. What does this…
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2009 Was a Very Safe Year for Air Travel
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I don’t like to dwell on these end-of-year facts and figures too often, but sometimes I think it’s worth pausing to take a look. For example, let’s take a look at airline safety in 2009.…
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What’s the Deal with Premium Economy? (Ask Cranky)
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Happy New Year, everyone. I’ve been looking through my old drafts, and I realized there were a couple of posts that never got published last year, and here’s one of them. It’s an Ask Cranky…
