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Entire European Continent Goes on Strike
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Ah, spring. The days become longer, the temps get warmer, and, apparently, it’s a great time for airline strikes. Lufthansa pilots just struck for a day and postponed the rest for later. Meanwhile, British Airways…
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St Louis: The Incredible Shrinking Airport
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Lambert-St Louis International Airport is a hub without an airline. It has been struggling with the dramatic drop in traffic since TWA went under and American slowly culled the remains, and now it’s trying to…
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Cranky on the Web (February 16 – 19)
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too fat to fly? know before you go – antibride Another day, another fat person is angry that they were bumped for needing two seats. Don’t let it happen to you. United Most On-Time for…
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Why Do Two Flights Cost Less Than One? (Ask Cranky)
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It’s time for another episode of Ask Cranky. I’ve received this question in many different forms ever since my days doing airline pricing, so I thought now would be a good time to answer it.…
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British Airways Rolls Out Its Updated First Class
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While some airlines are moving away from First Class, British Airways continues to embrace it. They’ve just rolled out the latest version of their First Class product, and it seems very, well, British. I like…
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US Airlines Begin The Fight for Tokyo Haneda Slots
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Now that Japan Air Lines has decided to stick with American, it looks like this whole US-Japan open skies deal will go through. And when that happens, the US will have four slot pairs to…
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Airline Schedule Padding Isn’t Cheating
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There are plenty of people out there who think the airlines are trying to “cheat” when they pad their flight schedules to account for delays, but I don’t get it. That is not what’s going…
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American and British Airways Finally Receive Alliance Approval From the US (Tentatively)
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About 10 minutes after the Wright Brothers put their first airplane into the air, American and British Airways applied for blanket codesharing and antitrust immunity. More than 100 years later, their wish has finally been…
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Cranky on the Web (February 8 – 12)
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Social Media May be Hot, But It’s Not for Everyone – BNET I look at social media at the Singapore Airshow to figure out why it matters. (In this case, I don’t think it does.)…
