Recent Articles
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American Flinches as Its Sales and Distribution Strategy Runs Into Trouble
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Just over a week ago, American Airlines was on the cusp of rolling out its new “preferred agency” program that would yank mileage-earning capability away…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: AA, Southwest Lose Money, Southwest FAs Make Money
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American’s Q1: Labor Costs Up, Profit Down American Airlines lost $312 million in the first three months of the year as it saw labor costs…
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JetBlue Runs Into Latin America Troubles
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The first quarter was a terrible one for JetBlue. On the one hand, it looks like the airline was using this as a “kitchen sink”…
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A Look at the Other Ocean: United Over the Atlantic
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I wrote yesterday about how United had some real struggles filling seats in its Pacific network around the holiday season. But the only comprehensive data…
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United Struggles to Fill All Those Seats Down Under
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United made a huge push into the Pacific this winter, and the numbers are somewhat staggering. With so many seats flooding the market, it’s perhaps…
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Cranky on the Web: American’s Preferred, Frontier’s Quick Change, Earnings Begin
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Some American Airlines Flyers Won’t Earn Miles for Flights Starting Next Month – Fodor’sThe deadline is fast approaching for American to decide which travel agencies…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Earnings for United and Alaska, JetBlue Shakes Things Up
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United Looks Forward, Not Back in Earnings Report United posted a net loss of $124 million during Q1, but a positive outlook for Q2 buoyed…
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The Wild Fight Over San Francisco
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Regular readers know that the currently-named Metropolitan Oakland International Airport is a sponsor of the Friday Cranky Weekly Review. It also was the presenting sponsor…
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Provo is American’s Future
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American has decided to add a new dot to its route map. The winner is… Provo, Utah. This might sound like it’s coming from left…
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A Tale of Two Cities: Expanding on Last Week’s The Air Show Podcast
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Last week on The Air Show podcast, Jon Ostrower, Brian Sumers, and I dove head first into the two northern corners of the Continental US,…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta is Profitable, Spirit Not so Much
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Delta Ekes Out Q1 Profit As it usually is, Delta Air Lines was the first major U.S. carrier to release its earnings report, and the…
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American’s Revenue Performance Sinks
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Cirium recently loaded the Department of Transportation’s DB1B data for Q4 2023, and I eagerly dove in to look for trends. What kept standing out…