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Frontier’s Evolving Network in Maps
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Frontier has been telling us that it needed to remake its operation, delving even further into the out-and-back model of basing crews and airplanes in one city and having them back home that night. This…
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Podcasts a Plenty: New DOT Rules and A Broad Look at American’s Sales and Distribution Plans
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It’s time for a two-fer! First up, we have a new Cranky Talk episode for the first time in awhile. Dave was so excited to talk about government regulation, that I just couldn’t tell him…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Bye-Bye Bonza, SAS Reaches for the SkyTeam
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Bonza Goes Belly Up Bonza, an LCC in Australia that began flying last January, died a quiet death earlier this week. The airline is survived by the eight aircraft in its fleet which were repossessed,…
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Dubai’s Al Maktoum Set to Become the Mega Hub to Top All Mega Hubs
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You may have seen the pretty pictures. The man whose title is so long that you know he’s important — His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the…
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Southwest is in a Funk, But It Has a Plan
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Southwest did not have a good first quarter, and that’s putting it mildly. The airline that used to crow like clockwork every three months about how many consecutive profitable quarters it posted… posted another loss.…
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American Flinches as Its Sales and Distribution Strategy Runs Into Trouble
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Just over a week ago, American Airlines was on the cusp of rolling out its new “preferred agency” program that would yank mileage-earning capability away from all bookings at travel agencies that hadn’t adopted American’s…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: AA, Southwest Lose Money, Southwest FAs Make Money
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American’s Q1: Labor Costs Up, Profit Down American Airlines lost $312 million in the first three months of the year as it saw labor costs rise 18%, or nearly $600 million from a year ago.…
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JetBlue Runs Into Latin America Troubles
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The first quarter was a terrible one for JetBlue. On the one hand, it looks like the airline was using this as a “kitchen sink” kind of quarter where it just threw all kinds of…
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A Look at the Other Ocean: United Over the Atlantic
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I wrote yesterday about how United had some real struggles filling seats in its Pacific network around the holiday season. But the only comprehensive data I have is load factor information combined with broad unit…
