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Announcing the 2026 Cranky Network Award Nominations
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The most exciting time of the year has finally arrived. It’s awards season! Today, I’m pleased to reveal the nominations for the upcoming 2026 Cranky Network Awards presented by Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The…
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Avelo Pivots Again, This Time Toward a Single Strategy
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Avelo has been hard to pin down, as I’ve written in several previous posts. But now, flush with a new cash infusion, the airline has decided it is time to finally focus on one thing.…
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Allegiant to Buy Sun Country and I’m Not Sure Why
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It was just another peaceful Sunday until the press release crossed the wire. Allegiant has decided to buy Sun Country, and unless it’s just about growing for growth’s sake, I find myself struggling to understand…
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Cranky on the Web: More Hubs Aren’t Coming to the US
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No, United is not coming back: Why Cleveland Hopkins will never be a major airline hub again – Cleveland.com Apparently Simple Flying put out a completely absurd article about potential future hubs for US airlines.…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Alaska Adds, Avelo Subtracts
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Alaska Orders All the Airplanes Alaska Airlines placed the largest aircraft order in its history, agreeing to terms with Boeing, its Seattle neighbor, for 105 B737-10s, five more B787s, options for another 35 737-10s, a…
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American Will Battle United to the Death in Chicago
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For decades, Chicago’s O’Hare has been a two-airline hub. In one corner, you have hometown hero United. In the other, you’ll find long-time titan American. Since the pandemic, things have been tilting in United’s favor…
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American Makes a Bet That Customers Won’t Hate and May Actually Prefer Longer Trips
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Yesterday I talked about how American is trying to improve its DFW hub by adding more block time (longer flight durations) and going from a nine to 13-bank hub structure. This is likely to mean…
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American Prioritizes Operational Improvement With DFW Hub Changes
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The weekend after Christmas is usually blissfully quiet for us at Cranky Network Weekly as airlines usually just do a little clean-up and let their network teams catch their collective breath. That was not the…
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Airlines We Lost 2025
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Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. It’s once again time to look at the airlines we lost in 2025. There was a little internal controversy here on one airline that I…
