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Dinner with ExpressJet
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I was lucky enough to be invited to a small dinner with ExpressJet President and CEO Jim Ream as well as VP of Marketing Trish Winebrenner on Monday night. The small group setting meant that…
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First Inflight Entertainment on a Turboprop?
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It looks like the time has come for inflight entertainment on turboprops. Thanks to the newly discovered In-flight Entertainment blog for pointing out the link to the press release that also had this picture. Pretty…
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Will You Pay Spirit to Get Lower Fares?
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Spirit, in their never-ending pursuit of ancillary revenue, launched the $9 Fare Club yesterday. In short, you pay $9 for a three month trial ($29.95 annually after that), and you get a list of deals…
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Footage of the Biman Accident
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It didn’t seem to get very much press, but Biman Bangladesh had an accident the other day and there were security cameras there to capture it. The plane was departing from Dubai when the nosegear…
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787 Gets Closer
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I think it’s been a long time since people have been as excited about seeing an aircraft roll out as they are about seeing the 787. Part of it may be that the construction process…
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Why Calling an Airline Sucks
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I really haven’t gotten very cranky lately, but an experience this weekend put me back in the cranky mood. My girlfriend and I decided to use miles on United to go to Hawai’i. We had…
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ATA Now Competing with Southwest
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Since Southwest helped ATA out of bankruptcy a few years ago, ATA has basically become Southwest’s testing ground. For the most part, ATA now flies to Hawai’i, Mexico, and to congested airports like LaGuardia. This…
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Welcome to Cranky’s New Home
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Welcome to the new home of The Cranky Flier. For those with RSS feeds or email subscriptions, you may not have even realized things were changing. Thanks to Feedburner, I was able to change the…
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Why is Heathrow The Big Issue with Open Skies?
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I had actually been working on this post about US and UK aviation relations and now it seems even more appropriate. As you may have heard, a tentative agreement allowing unlimited flights by US and…
