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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Flying After You’ve Had COVID
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Cranky Talk – Flying After You’ve Had COVID I’ve already written a lengthy piece on how airline and government rules are going to kill the recovery, but this time, I’ve made it personal. I mentioned…
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Cranky Dorkfest is One Month From Today… And It’s Happening
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Yes, yes, I’m still on vacation, but I scheduled this post long ago. Just a friendly reminder that I hope to see many of you there in one month! Now back to fruity drinks… Today…
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American Slashes Long-Haul While Delta, JetBlue, and Spirit Cut Further Out
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Happy Monday… I’m starting my vacation now. I’ll be back with regular posts next Monday. Oh my, where has the summer gone? The kids in Airlineville are starting to go back to school, and that…
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Cranky on the Web: What Will Happen to Travel
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I’m going to take a little road trip for a vacation next week since all my other vacation plans this month were foiled by COVID. My current plan is to post the usual Skeds of…
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3 Links I Love: Inside Spirit’s Meltdown, Port Authority Revolt, A New Fifth Freedom Flight
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This Week’s Featured Link 7 hours at Spirit’s biggest hub on 7th day of meltdown: The good, the bad and the ugly – USA TodayLong-time airline report Dawn Gilbertson is either a true journalist or…
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The US Government and Airlines Are Doing Their Best to Ensure Travel Won’t Recover Soon
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In the last couple weeks, two things happened that made me look even closer at COVID air travel rules than ever before. First, I got a symptomatic breakthrough case of COVID after having received the…
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Spirit Finally Starts Climbing Its Way Out of the Doom Spiral
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Operational disruptions happen all the time, but an operational disruption like the one Spirit has been experiencing? That is much rarer event. The last time I can remember something like this happening was the JetBlue…
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Delta and United Set Schedules Until the Holidays, Frontier Goes Capacity Crazy
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On the surface, the Cirium data made it look like a relatively quiet week in Airlineville. Maybe they were all masked up, isolating in their homes just like I was. Or maybe they were quietly…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – The Great Inflight Entertainment Debate
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Cranky Talk – The Great Inflight Entertainment Debate Just about every airline agrees that you need to be entertained on your flight, but nobody agrees on exactly what that means. Does power matter? Seatback screens?…
