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Finally, a Ride on a MAX (Trip Report)
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They say third time’s a charm, right? I was supposed to fly on my first MAX on Southwest years ago, long before the grounding, but it was swapped out to a 737-800 at the last…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Denver Air Connection’s Jon Coleman
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I was debating whether to publish this as a “Who the F*&# is” post or a Cranky Flier Interview, but after hearing Jon talk about his company, I thought audio was the way to go.…
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Cranky on the Web: Rising Fares, New Rules on Buying Tickets, and Fight on a Flight
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Rising Fares, Low-Cost Airlines: Navigating the New Reality in the Sky – The New York TimesThe Frugal Traveler looks at airfares and where they’re going. I spoke mostly about some of the low cost carrier…
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Breeze To Buy JetBlue, Restore Neeleman to Power
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After an earlier attempt to acquire Avelo and aha! to create the super ULCC bravaha! fell through, Breeze has now moved on to a bigger prize. The airline will buy JetBlue and merge the two…
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The Next Phase of LAX Terminal 3: Come for the View, Stay for the Flight
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With the pandemic lull in air travel, Delta decided it was a great time to speed up its construction projects. And so, more than a year early, the airline is preparing to open the first…
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Alaska Always Wanted to Simplify Its Fleet, Now It Has Another Reason
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Alaska Airlines has long loved to stretch the truth about its fleet simplicity, but only just a bit. The Virgin America merger made that a lot harder, but now, the airline is making a big…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Dave Flew Spirit!
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Cranky Talk – Dave Flew Spirit! People love reading trip reports, but do they love listening to them? We are about to find out. Dave took Spirit all the way from LAX to Louisville for…
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Cranky on the Web: How Oil Affects Fares
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How rising fuel and strong demand could affect airfares – Travel WeeklyI went on The Folo podcast by Travel Weekly to talk about what really impacts fares. Come join us for a 30 minute discussion…
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3 Links I Love: China Eastern Crash, Mexico City’s Empty Airport, Flybe is Back
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This Week’s Featured Link China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 crashes en route to Guangzhou – Flightradar24This descent rate is… well, it’s just not something that can easily be reached. Image of the Week I took…
