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3 Links I Love + Cranky on the Web Combined This Week
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You may have noticed that I didn’t post yesterday. I got busy and wasn’t able to finish it off. So now I’ll just combine the…
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A Very Complicated Set of Transactions Involving Surf Air, Southern
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You may have seen one of the three press releases issued last week by Surf Air — now called Surf Air Mobility — announcing a…
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NEW: Get Your Weekly Schedule Updates From Cranky Network Basics and New Lower Cranky Network Weekly Pricing
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Ever since the death of Skeds of air Lines, I’ve had people ask if I would ever bring it back. The answer is… probably not.…
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Southwest’s Big Price Increase Went Into Effect Last Week
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You probably saw all the press touting Southwest’s new fare category, Wanna Get Away Plus, that officially launched last week. While yes, there is some…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – JetBlue Gets Hostile With Spirit
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Cranky Talk – JetBlue Gets Hostile With Spirit First Spirit agreed to merge with Frontier, then JetBlue swooped in with an offer. Then Spirit said…
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3 Links I Love: Elbers Goes to India, Avelo Walks, American Goes Amish, Breezy in Rhode Island
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This Week’s Featured Link American adds a 3rd route from Philly operated by a bus – TPGApparently I need to expand my Cirium searches to…
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Premium Economy-ish on American’s 787 (Trip Report)
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All of a sudden, I’m spending a lot of times on airplanes. This time, I was off to the Metroplex for our first Cranky Concierge…
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JetBlue Gets Hostile With Spirit, Appeals to Shareholders to Fight
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We always knew this was a possibility. Shortly after Spirit set a shareholder vote on June 10 to approve the Frontier merger, JetBlue has decided…
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Avianca Adds Breadth to Its Recent Move for Depth with Gol Deal
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As interesting as the US airline market is these days, it’s hard to beat what’s going on in South America. There seems to be nonstop…
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Cranky on the Web: Air Travel in 2022, Buy Now and Pay Later
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Air Travel in 2022: Best Flights, Fares, Miles, and Seats – WendyPerrin.comWendy Perrin had her annual WOW week and I joined Gary Leff at View…
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3 Links I Love: Farewell Allegiant, Gliding in Hawai’i, the Atlas Crash, Throwing Seats Overboard
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This Week’s Featured Link Maury Gallagher’s Letter to Shareholders – AllegiantI always look forward to Maury’s letter to shareholders, and it’s sad this will be…
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Southwest Spends $2 Billion To Play Catch-Up on Product
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Southwest has finally decided it’s time to invest in its onboard product again. Yesterday, the airline announced it would spend more than $2 billion on…
