Recent Articles
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Denver’s Mile High Plans, Air Canada’s Top Ten Performance
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United Submits First Plans for Denver Site United Airlines plans to have the first facility — a new simulator building — on its recently-acquired 113-acre…
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The Quiet Genius of ICAO Airport Codes
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I usually have a couple of these kinds of evergreen posts ready to go in case I’m not able to finish a more newsy post…
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Blame the Design of Midway Airport for Southwest’s Holiday Struggles
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Happy 2024 everybody! If you flew this holiday season, you probably had nothing go wrong at all. That was the case for nearly everyone… except for those…
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Airlines We Lost 2023
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Where does the time go? It is the last post of the year, and that means it’s time to honor those airlines that didn’t quite make…
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Reviewing Your 2023 Predictions and Making Your 2024 Picks
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It’s the most wonderul time of the year… when we get to go over all your predictions from last year and see how you did. Of…
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Cranky on the Web: Southwest’s Customer of Size Policy
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No, Southwest Airlines’ ‘customer of size’ policy isn’t new – VerifyThis was a weird one that came out of left field. Why was everyone freaking out…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Good News for Southwest, Bad News for Southwest, Alaska Raises its Baggage Fee
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Good News: Southwest Finds Labor Peace in the Cockpit Southwest Airlines and its pilots’ union finally have come to a preliminary agreement, ending several months…
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2023 Flying Summary
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I’m done for the year, so might as well get this party started. Another year, another weird-looking map. The multiple short haul trips are somewhat obscured by…
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Hawaiian’s Five-Year Downhill Slide Led it Right Into Alaska’s Arms
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Alaska’s decision to buy Hawaiian Airlines and save it from a bankruptcy filing — or worse — was not something that happened overnight. Over the last…
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With American Freeing Up Space, Delta Makes a Different Kind of Move on Austin
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Delta has called Austin a “focus city” for years now, but it doesn’t really have much to show for it. That appears to be changing as…
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Cranky on the Web: Shipping Luggage + Holiday Travel
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Is shipping luggage better than checking bags? We tried it 4 ways. – Washington PostThe WaPo team put shipping to the test, and came out…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta Says “Howdy, Partner,” Alaska Updates Mileage Plan
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Delta’s Texas-Sized Growth in Austin American probably shouldn’t lock the door on its way out of Austin because Delta is sneaking in to fill in…
