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A Closer Look at the Problems that Face Frontier, Other ULCCs
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As the big ultra low cost carriers (ULCCs) continue to bleed money, many have asked questions about how things went so wrong so quickly. The thing is, it didn’t happen all that fast. The ULCCs,…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Frontier’s Newest Frontiers, Elliott Won’t Stop
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Frontier Adds 11 Frontier is adding 11 new frontiers as the carrier will add flights for this fall and winter to give customers who prefer their airplanes with an animal on their tail more options.…
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Aeromexico Tries to Grow in the US
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For the last several years, Aeromexico has been a one note airline. It’s been all about Mexico City, but now the airline is finally trying to grow out of that shell once again. With Delta…
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Get Your Cranky Dorkfest 2024 T-Shirts Now
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Several of you asked me if I’d be designing another t-shirt for this year’s Cranky Dorkfest which comes to the park across from In-N-Out at LAX on September 14. One of you even found the…
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An Air France B777-300ER From LA to Paris in Business Class (Trip Report)
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They say the third time’s a charm, and I’m happy to report, that was actually the case this time around. After a failed Baltic Sea cruise scheduled for 2020 — for obvious reasons — and…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Await DOT’s Ruling on Merger
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It’s late August, and that means it’s the time of year when news slows to a crawl in the airline world. During normal times, I wouldn’t feel compelled to even write a post on the…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Alaska and Hawaiian Clear Hurdle, Southwest Adds
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Alaska’s Purchase of Hawaiian Passes DOJ Muster The pending merger of Alaska and Hawaiian took a major step forward this week when the US Department of Justice (DOJ) allowed the clock to run out on…
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Breeze Squeezes into New Haven
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Of all the things that happened while I was on vacation, it was Breeze’s decision to roll into New Haven that caused more people to text me than anything else. (Good thing I had DND…
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Spirit’s New Bundle Pricing is Out, and There is a Pattern Here
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Right before I went on vacation, Spirit announced that it would be switching up how it sells tickets, going into bundled fares that would make marked differences in the product you’d get onboard. Late last…
