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Topic of the Week: A340s with Narrow Seats
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Airbus is trying to breathe some life into the A340 program. While airplanes aren’t being made anymore, Airbus is scrambling to keep values of used airplanes up because it’s on the hook if the values…
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A Day With United Management: Getting There and Back (Trip Report)
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Last month, United invited me out to Chicago so I could visit with a few different departments and learn more about what they were working on. I’ll have the meat of those discussions next week…
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Southwest Leaves Three More Small Cities
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Southwest continues to struggle to find a way to serve smaller cities. After axing a ton of service to small cities when it took over AirTran, I thought Southwest was done. I was wrong. Now…
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The American/US Airways Merger is Finally Complete; Now It’s Time for the Hard Part
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Today, American and US Airways complete their merger. You would think that after such a long time, this would feel like the end of something huge, but it’s the opposite. This is the beginning of…
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Cranky on the Web (December 2 – 6)
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In the Trenches: Dealing With the Holidays – Intuit Small Business Blog I’m never quite sure the best way to handle business hours during the holidays. Looking to Get Drunk for Free? Fly Delta –…
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Topic of the Week: Who Should Get the LaGuardia Slots?
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Reports suggest that the slots American has to sell off at LaGuardia will be bought by Southwest and Virgin America. Do you like that plan? If so, where should they fly? If not, who should…
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Why is the TSA Trying to Ruin Pre Check? (Ask Cranky)
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This one was actually a little more like “Tell Cranky” instead of “Ask Cranky” but after my experience today, I thought it was a good post to write. There has been a lot of grumbling…
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Air France/KLM Rejects an Alitalia Acquisition While the Vultures Circle
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I’ll admit that the last couple of years have been rough for me. Alitalia, which I long ago dubbed the worst airline ever, has been very quiet. It was under new leadership, working on combining…
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Etihad is Building a Fourth Alliance
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Prevailing wisdom suggests that that airline industry should always do things in “threes.” We’ll soon have three big legacy carriers in the US that fit nicely into three big global alliances: Star Alliance, oneworld, and…
