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A New Cranky Talk is Live – A Cranky European Reopening
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Cranky Talk – A Cranky European Opening Europe is open! Or is it? Kind of? Wait, does the UK even count as Europe? Come to think of it, should we consider Scotland to be part…
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3 Links I Love: Return of the CRJ, Dashing in Washington, ME4, An-225
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Whoops, I scheduled this for the wrong day, and I was traveling so didn’t catch until too late. Enjoy the special Saturday post. This Week’s Featured Link Exclusive: Mitsubishi ponders restarting CRJ production – Leeham…
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American Sues Sabre to Stop Being Biased and Sloppy
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It’s a time-honored tradition for American to spar with its former internal reservation system, Sabre. The Sabre global distribution system (GDS) was spun off years ago, and there has been friction between the two for…
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A Hawaiian A321neo Takes Me Home (A Cranky Travelogue)
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It’s time to finish up this travelogue, so here’s a Wednesday post to wrap it up. When I was planning this trip, I knew I’d fly out of LAX since I snagged that United Polaris…
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American and Spirit Grow Miami, Allegiant and Sun Country Spar
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Can you feel the heat? The residents of Airlineville are starting to get a little testy this week according to the plans they gave to Cirium. We have the Eagle and the Taxi making moves…
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Correction: Avelo’s Operational Performance Was Not Bad
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What’s this? A special Friday evening post? That’s right, and it’s because that chart I posted earlier today showing Avelo’s on-time performance was not right. I want to make sure to set the record straight…
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3 Links I Love: United Next, Avelo’s Poor Operation, Air Canada Warning, Southwest Fluff
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This post has been updated to reflect a problem with the data regarding Avelo’s operation. The airline did not fly all those flights in the middle of the night, and it appears to be some…
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Avelo Sees Mixed Results, Cuts Flight Frequencies
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Avelo launched service at the end of April with an aggressive focus on Burbank. The initial 11 cities have now been flying at full strength for long enough that I thought it was time to…
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United Prepares For Massive Growth in More Ways Than One With Big Aircraft Order
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The long-rumored new aircraft order is now official, and on the surface it may not seem very surprising. This order, however, is a milestone in the airline’s several-year shift away from a long-favored strategy. United…
