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A New Cranky Talk is Live – A US Travel Stress Test With Special Guest Dawn Gilbertson!
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Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Dave and I have spent a lot of time talking to you about airlines, but you know what we realized? Maybe you’d like to hear…
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Cranky on the Web: More on Spirit
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Another vote delay leaves Spirit’s merger with Frontier in question while JetBlue circles – CNBCThis is so 1 week ago. I mean, the vote has been delayed yet again, but it was still a good…
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3 Links I Love: The Emirate Strikes Back, The Best Airline Ad, More
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This Week’s Featured Link Emirates statement on operations at London Heathrow – Emirates NewsEmirates has said what everyone in the world wants to say. “Get your shit together, Heathrow. Your solution sucks, and we are…
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Where US Airports Stand In the Recovery
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There has been a lot of talk lately about how the airlines have raced to add capacity regardless of their ability to actually operate it. That is true, and Delta proved that with disappointing Q2…
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Southwest’s Long Beach Performance Improves
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As I’m sure you all do on your Sunday nights, I was flipping through Cirium data looking for something fun to analyze when it dawned on me I hadn’t really dug into Long Beach performance…
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Prospects Continue to Dim for the Frontier/Spirit Merger
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Since the day it was announced, Spirit’s board has been 100 percent behind its merger deal with Frontier. Even when JetBlue entered with a bid of its own, it seemed like the Frontier deal would…
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Cranky on the Web: Evaluating the 4th of July
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Why the skies have not always been so friendly to travelers this summer – KJZZ The ShowI went back on the Phoenix public radio station’s morning program called The Show for a more in-depth discussion…
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3 Links I Love: A Brand New Airline, Angry Aussies, SBD Prepares
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This Week’s Featured Link Connect Airlines Receives US Department of Transportation Interstate Scheduled Airline Certificate – Connect AirlinesAnother newbie is now ready to enter the ring. The biggest hurdle has been passed. Image of the…
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DOT Telegraphs Feelings on JetBlue With Spirit Award in Newark
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Spirit picked up 16 slots at Newark this week. Is that a big deal? It’s notable, yes, but more interesting to me was what this says about the Frontier/JetBlue/Spirit love triangle that at last check…
