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Cranky on the Web: Stress About Newark… or Maybe Not
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I’m running out of free AI queries, but this is what “cranky flier brett snyder web” produces. This is all wrong… that is not a commercial plane in the background. Could Newark’s trouble affect your…
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Southwest’s Push for Ancillaries and Upsells Has Officially Begun
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Wednesday, May 28 was a big day in the history of Southwest Airlines. It’s the day the airline took a big step toward… being like everybody else. We knew this was coming, of course, but…
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TAP Air Portugal CEO Luís Rodrigues on Needing a Partner, Not Wanting XLRs (Across the Aisle)
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We’re going to go old-school today with an Across the Aisle transcript of an interview I did with TAP Air Portugal’s CEO Luís Rodrigues. I was supposed to do this in person on the day…
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Cranky on the Web: Talking India, Chicago, and Regionals
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AI is at it again. This one might give you nightmares… sorry about that. The Cranky Cockpit – feat. Brett Snyder – The Indian #AvGeekVishal Mehra had me on his Indian-focused podcast, and we talked…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: FAA Takes Action in Newark, Delta Takes Action in Court
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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…
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Stunning Scenery Flying Alaska To Santa Rosa… But Also Delays (Trip Report)
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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…
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Spirit Partners with Contour to Find New Markets
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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…
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Basically, Delta’s New Classic Fare Brands are a Little Extra
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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…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: Delta Gets Pedantic, United Gets Fancy
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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…
