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Break Time
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Cranky Concierge is gathering this weekend for company meetings, and I won’t be back until early next week. To make life easier, I’ll be taking a break from posting here until next Thursday. Cranky Weekly…
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Air Canada Tries to Win on Density
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Air Canada is waking up, and it wants you onboard… if you’re an American. The airline had been making a concerted effort to ramp up traffic flying from the US through Canada to another country…
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Amsterdam Begins Slashing Flights Next Summer
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The threat has been hanging out there, but it’s now official. Amsterdam Schiphol has released its capacity declaration for the 2024 summer season, and the number of slots available has dropped. This is just one…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta’s Elites Are Up for Grabs, So Are Slots to Tokyo
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Alaska, JetBlue Begin to Pick Off Medallions, One-by-One Both Alaska and JetBlue launched very aggressive status match challenges for Delta elite fliers this week in the aftermath of Delta’s decision to blow up its Medallion…
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Alaska Tries to Sway Disgruntled Delta Loyalists
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When Delta rolled out its big elite program devaluation this month, I thought that overall the risk of people defecting to other airlines was low. That being said, I also noted that “the real risk…
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The Problem with Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G Engines on the A320neo Family
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I don’t often pay close attention to engine problems, because they seem to happen with some regularity. By that, I mean that there are manufacturing or maintenance issues that disrupt regular operations in one way…
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San Antonio Finally Gets a Transatlantic Flight
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It’s been a local dream for ages and now it’s finally happening. On May 17 of next year, San Antonio’s first transatlantic flight will operate with thrice-weekly summer-seasonal service to Frankfurt on Condor. It’s actually…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta’s Spending Cash, Qantas Wants its Cash Back, More
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Delta Goes Wheels Up Now we know where Delta is spending the new revenue it’s getting as everyone tries to earn MQDs to maintain their status in Delta’s Medallion Race to the Bottom, as the…
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And the Winners of This Year’s APEX/IFSA Awards Are…
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It has become something of a time-honored tradition. For probably a decade now — I haven’t been keeping track that closely — I’ve been a judge for the APEX and IFSA Awards which are presented…
