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American Expands Its War Against Travel Agents to Now Punish Travelers
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It is no secret that American wants everyone to book directly with the airline. It has said that travelers prefer the direct booking experience better, but it has begrudgingly allowed travel agents to continue selling…
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Cranky on the Web: Spirited Discussions
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Airlines ConfidentialI sat down with Ben Baldanza and Scott McCartney on their podcast to talk about Spirit’s current situation.
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JetBlue May Have Finally Been on a Good Path, but Icahn’s Investment Changes Things
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Welcome back to the second part of Carl Icahn week. I wrote about what Icahn did to TWA back in the 1980s on Tuesday. Now, we can try to read the tea leaves and see…
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A Look at Carl Icahn’s TWA Experience Before Looking Ahead to JetBlue
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Let’s call this Carl Icahn week here at Cranky. This Thursday is the fourth annual Cranky Network Awards, and I’m already up in Oakland getting everything ready for the big night. I have two posts…
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Cranky on the Web: JetBlue’s Reset
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JetBlue resets with new CEO, industry veterans to run airline on time, and profitably – CNBCThere is a lot going on at JetBlue, and this story starts to do an overview. But next week, I…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Icahn is Back, Frontier’s Ohio Growth
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Icahn’s Big Blue Gamble JetBlue stock shot up this week when former TWA executive Carl Icahn purchased a 10% stake in the airline. Icahn took over TWA in 1985, starting in a similar manner, before…
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After 35 Years, Lakeland Gets Another Chance with Avelo
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Sometime in the spring of 1988, the last Delta Connection puddle jumper departed Lakeland, Florida and never looked back. Since then, there have been exactly zero scheduled commercial airline flights. That will be changing, likely in May…
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Spirit’s Turnaround Plan is Filled With Hopes and Dreams, Few Specifics
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To the surprise of nobody, Spirit lost a bunch more money in the fourth quarter of 2023. In fact, it lost over $160 million excluding special items for a miserable -12.4 percent operating margin. This is not…
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When Hot Markets Go Cold: Vegas Edition
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I looked at the awful Q3 results for Orlando last week, and this week it’s time to look at the other market everyone’s talking about: Las Vegas. Las Vegas is similar to Orlando in that…
