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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Spirit’s Demise Put on Hold, AA Scores a Win in Court
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If at First You Don’t Succeed…Spirit Nears Bankruptcy Exit (Again) Our long, yellow-painted, BuzzBallz-loving, ultra-low cost national nightmare just might be over…for now. Spirit announced it has “completed another significant milestone in its restructuring by…
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Spirit Plans to be a Premium, Big City Allegiant
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Spirit continues to fight through its Chapter 11 proceeding with surprising success. While many have assumed that the airline would never make it out thanks to its terrible financial performance, it has now reached agreement…
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The Spectacular But Distant AIFA Airport (Travelogue)
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After a long approach from the north over farms and industrial structures, we touched down on one of the three runways at Aeropuerto Internacional Felipe Ángeles (AIFA), my first day of flying had finished. But…
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STL Tries to Finally Get Beyond TWA
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Behold, the mighty St Louis Lambert International Airport! It’s a massive complex with four runways, more than 80 gates, a Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) manufacturing complex, and a national guard base. Or at least, it…
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Frontier in New York and Los Angeles: A Tale of Two (Expensive) Cities
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Frontier decided to end its efforts to make a go of things at New York’s JFK airport last week with the termination of all but one, single daily flight from the airport. This makes sense,…
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The Winners of the 2026 Cranky Network Awards are…
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Whew, and just like that, the 2026 Cranky Network Awards presented by Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport are done. We had another huge turnout, and there were a lot of happy winners. There were also…
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The Weird World of Mexicana is Much Better Flying the E2 (Travelogue)
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Today is the day. The Cranky Network Awards are TONIGHT! So while I continue to run around like a chicken with my head cut-off, you enjoy a look at Mexicana, one strange airline. Again, I’ll…
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Viva Kicks the Trip Off the Right Way (Travelogue)
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FINALLY, I’m getting to the part where I’m flying somewhere on this trip. You’re going to get two of those posts this week, because it is Cranky Network Awards week. I am absolutely slammed with…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Frontier Shrinks, AA’s FAs Want Change
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Frontier Reduces Fleet, Releases Earnings In a busy week for Frontier Airlines, the carrier released its Q4 and 2025 earnings, and also announced it will shrink the size of its operation by returning 24 leased…
