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  • American Makes The Week Interesting While Others Do Their Housekeeping
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    American Makes The Week Interesting While Others Do Their Housekeeping

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    Feb 16, 2021

    Love was in the air in Airlineville this weekend. And by that, I mean the airlines LOVED making more cuts. Too much of a stretch? Ok, well, how about Cirium LOVED to process all these…

  • 3 Links I Love: Delta Blocking, United Dreaming, Allegiant Growing, Mirabel Remembering
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    3 Links I Love: Delta Blocking, United Dreaming, Allegiant Growing, Mirabel Remembering

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    Feb 12, 2021

    This week’s featured link Delta extends middle seat blocking through April 2021; Only U.S. airline to continue providing more space for customers – Delta News HubIt was only extended one extra month this time. Does…

  • ULCCs Begin to Allow Bookings VERY Far in Advance
    Frontier, Sun Country

    ULCCs Begin to Allow Bookings VERY Far in Advance

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    Feb 11, 2021

    Since the dawn of time (or computer reservation systems), airlines have generally coalesced around the idea of taking bookings no more than 330ish days before travel. Newer, low-cost airlines have often had a shorter booking…

  • A New Cranky Talk is Live – How COVID is Impacting Airline Schedules
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    A New Cranky Talk is Live – How COVID is Impacting Airline Schedules

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    Feb 10, 2021

    Cranky Talk – How COVID is Impacting Airline Schedules Every Monday, I talk about the various airline schedule changes that happened during the previous week. But in those, I don’t talk about the customer impact.…

  • Yes More Furloughs are Coming, No Don’t Bail The Airlines Out Again
    Government Regulation

    Yes More Furloughs are Coming, No Don’t Bail The Airlines Out Again

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    Feb 9, 2021

    We are now less than 60 days from the expiration of the government’s Payroll Support Program (PSP) version 2.0, and that means it’s time to start talking about version 3.0. Ok, so that’s not true……

  • Escalating the Battle for LA, a Chicago Twist, and One Airline Goes Big
    Schedule Changes

    Escalating the Battle for LA, a Chicago Twist, and One Airline Goes Big

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    Feb 8, 2021

    After the torrid pace of change last week, things slowed down a bit in Airlineville this week. But that doesn’t mean that the data coming out of Cirium was any less interesting. In fact, there…

  • 3 Links I Love: Geneva Goes Down, New Mint, Qantas Embraers, Boeing NMA
    Boeing, Links I Love, Qantas, Swiss

    3 Links I Love: Geneva Goes Down, New Mint, Qantas Embraers, Boeing NMA

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    Feb 5, 2021

    This week’s featured link SWISS temporarily reduces its Geneva flight operations to an absolute minimum in view of further-tightened travel restrictions – SWISS NewsroomThings are looking darker and darker on the world stage for the…

  • Lufthansa’s Confusing Low-Cost Journey Goes In Circles Once Again
    Eurowings, Lufthansa

    Lufthansa’s Confusing Low-Cost Journey Goes In Circles Once Again

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    Feb 4, 2021

    Six months ago, Lufthansa Group puzzlingly announced that it would create a new airline to act as its long-haul, low-cost operation. With a project codename of “Ocean,” the new airline was simply expected to be…

  • Delta Tempts Fate as It Triples Down on Health and Safety
    Delta, Safety/Security

    Delta Tempts Fate as It Triples Down on Health and Safety

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    Feb 2, 2021

    Thank you once again to our sponsor TheAirchive.net for supporting Cranky! It’s a Delta-focused post, so I had to pick something from the Delta Heritage Museum for the last day of sponsorship by The Airchive.…

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