Categories
Recent Articles
-
Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: FAA Takes Action in Newark, Delta Takes Action in Court
–
FAA Comes to its Senses in Newark Our crusade against Newark finally has a powerful ally — the federal government. The FAA released an interim order dramatically reducing the amount of aircraft movements at the…
-
Stunning Scenery Flying Alaska To Santa Rosa… But Also Delays (Trip Report)
–
Every year, I try to gather with a group of friends from grad school. We usually do it in Vegas, but I drive so you wouldn’t read about it here. But this time we opted…
-
Spirit Partners with Contour to Find New Markets
–
Spirit is an airline looking for a network identity. It used to be that Spirit was the ultra low cost carrier (ULCC) with frequent service in large markets. It was the ultimate spill carrier. But…
-
Basically, Delta’s New Classic Fare Brands are a Little Extra
–
Delta has been teasing that it would have some sort of “Basic Business” unbundled offering for a long time. We expected to see it at the airline’s last investor day, but that didn’t happen. Apparently…
-
Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: Delta Gets Pedantic, United Gets Fancy
–
Delta Moves the Deck Chairs Around Everything you knew about flying on Delta is changing — except really nothing is changing at all– yet. If you read Delta’s release, you’d see lots of words about…
-
First Class Makes a Comeback at American and United But Under a Different Name
–
The way that airline cabins are named all seems rather silly to me. After all, what years ago was First, Business, and Economy has now become Business, Premium Economy, and Economy. It’s not all that…
-
American’s LaGuardia Strategy Takes Another Turn
–
We’ve been talking about American’s strategy in New York for a very, very long time. The airline is undersized, and there is no clear solution. It briefly hoped it solved its problem in New York…
-
The US Government Tries to Fix Air Traffic Control… Again
–
I stopped counting long ago, but there have been many, many attempts to try to modernize the US’s air traffic control (ATC) system over the years. As The Air Current‘s Will Guisbond told us in…
-
Cranky on the Web: Newark Pain, Lounges Aren’t Worth It
–
What is that image, you ask? It’s what pops up when I prompt the AI image generator with “cranky on the web.” So, welcome to this week’s stories… Airline Lounges Are a Crowded Waste of…
