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The Perfect Storm Continues to Toy With Airline Operations
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Over a week ago, I wrote about the cancellations at United, Delta, JetBlue, and Allegiant that were quickly mounting. Now, more than a week later, we’re still talking about it. This time, every airline is…
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South Korea Set to Approve Korean Acquisition of Asiana
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During what should have been a quiet week, Korean’s competition authority last week said it was going to approve the proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Asiana by Korean Air, effectively creating a single…
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How You Can Attend the Cranky Network Awards, Get a Free Cranky Network Weekly Subscription, And Help a Good Cause
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The Cranky Network Awards are now less than 2 months away, and the program is shaping up quite nicely. Now, you have a chance to join the rock stars of the network planning world in…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – 2021 Holiday Spectacular!
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Cranky Talk – 2021 Holiday Spectacular! Sure, it’s 2022 when you read this, but we put this live last week, so technically this is absolutely a 2021 Holiday Spectacular. Dave took the reins on this…
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Cranky on the Web: The Many Steps of Omicron Cancellation Panic
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It’s remarkable how you can tell a story sometimes just be looking at the progression of media requests that come in…. As Omicron Overshadows Christmas, Thousands of Flights Are Canceled – The New York TimesThis…
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2021 Flying Summary
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There’s another year in the books. My mileage wasn’t much higher than the year before, but my segment count? Well, that was 4x last year. I went back to the more normal pattern with more…
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Airlines We Lost 2021
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Welcome to my favorite post of the year. This year, we had far fewer entries than in last year’s bloodbath, but that’s because the herd was really culled when the pandemic began. This year is…
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Omicron Begins to Wreak Havoc on Airline Schedules
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And how was YOUR holiday weekend? If you were flying, well, chances are higher than usual that you had to deal with some ugliness. Another holiday, another meltdown. Was it a pilot shortage? Spiking sick…
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Do You Have the Mind of an AvGeek?
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Who’s ready to have a little fun? During this year’s Cranky Dorkfest, Kevin Trinkle from American Airlines went around and asked 73 of these people to answer 10 questions: He used these to create trivia…
