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How The B757 Changed the Hawaiian Interisland Market
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Yesterday I talked about how Delta had lost its interisland partner in Hawaiʻi, but then I wondered just how much of a problem that would…
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Delta Loses Its Interisland Partner in Hawaiʻi, And It Has No Options
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Delta quietly posted on its airline partner page that its loyalty partnership with Hawaiian Airlines will be ending on June 30. This is no surprise,…
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Cranky on the Web: Finding Domestic Widebodies
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Want to fly in a fancy seat for less? Try this hack. | Cruising Altitude – USA TodayI hate how click-baity this headline is, but…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: Allegiant Seeks a Buyer, Duffy Seeks Old Times
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Turns Out Running a Beach Hotel is Less Profitable Than Running a 2x Weekly Beach Flight In the least surprising plot twist since it connected…
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Earning Back the Cost of Alaska’s Premium Class (Trip Report)
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The day I was flying up to San Francisco, Alaska had a total of 108 flights solely-within California on 15 distinct routes. Only four of…
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The Times They Are a Changin’: Anatomy of a Schedule Change
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Over Memorial Day weekend, American filed its “overlay” for post-Labor Day travel through September. This is the schedule the airline intends to fly, fixing the…
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Silver was Bought by Wexford for Cheap, But It Still Won’t Bother Flying
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Wexford Capital is back, and that’s a name you might remember from the past. The company is a bottom-feeding private equity investment firm that has…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: Tragedy in India, Silver Fades Away
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Air India Flight Crashes on Takeoff Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating from Ahmedabad to London/Gatwick, crashed shortly after takeoff Thursday. The…
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Piedmont Escapes Death Once Again as American Doles Out Embraer 175s
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Piedmont has long seemed like an airline living on borrowed time. For years it was the airline flying the smallest and least desirable fleets. On…
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Avelo Gets Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place
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When Avelo decided to relocate airplanes to Phoenix/Mesa and operate deportation flights for the federal government, you probably saw the headlines raking the airline over…
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With JetBlue’s Partnership with United, JFK’s Terminal Fiefdoms Become More Clear
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I am always fascinated by New York’s JFK International Airport. It’s one of the rare examples in the US — the only example? — that…
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Cranky on the Web: American’s Fancy New 787
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American’s inaugural flight on its new 787-9, internally called the 787-9P, was from Chicago to Los Angeles this week. While the airplane was on the…
