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A Hawaiian A321neo Takes Me Home (A Cranky Travelogue)
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It’s time to finish up this travelogue, so here’s a Wednesday post to wrap it up. When I was planning this trip, I knew I’d fly out of LAX since I snagged that United Polaris…
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American and Spirit Grow Miami, Allegiant and Sun Country Spar
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Can you feel the heat? The residents of Airlineville are starting to get a little testy this week according to the plans they gave to Cirium. We have the Eagle and the Taxi making moves…
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Correction: Avelo’s Operational Performance Was Not Bad
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What’s this? A special Friday evening post? That’s right, and it’s because that chart I posted earlier today showing Avelo’s on-time performance was not right. I want to make sure to set the record straight…
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3 Links I Love: United Next, Avelo’s Poor Operation, Air Canada Warning, Southwest Fluff
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This post has been updated to reflect a problem with the data regarding Avelo’s operation. The airline did not fly all those flights in the middle of the night, and it appears to be some…
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Avelo Sees Mixed Results, Cuts Flight Frequencies
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Avelo launched service at the end of April with an aggressive focus on Burbank. The initial 11 cities have now been flying at full strength for long enough that I thought it was time to…
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United Prepares For Massive Growth in More Ways Than One With Big Aircraft Order
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The long-rumored new aircraft order is now official, and on the surface it may not seem very surprising. This order, however, is a milestone in the airline’s several-year shift away from a long-favored strategy. United…
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Alaska Leaves LA-JFK While United Shifts 777 Plans
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It was a game of inches in Airlineville this week. We didn’t see the massive cuts we get most weeks, but the residents were tinkering according to the data they sent to Cirium. The Eskimo…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – The One About Boom
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Cranky Talk – The One About Boom Dave has been bugging me for a really long time to do a podcast on supersonic travel. I mean, this guy would not stop even though I told…
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Cranky on the Web: Summer Travel, Airport People Mover, Southwest CEO, and Airbus Isolation Tents
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It was a really busy media week, and these are only the ones I could find links for. Oddly enough, they are all on completely different topics. That never happens. American Airlines Cuts Some Flights…
