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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Air Canada Turns to PE, Delta Bootstraps Its Way to Paris
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Air Canada goes Private Equity Air Canada is selling a 25% stake in its Aeroplan loyalty program to a group of well-intentioned and customer-loving individuals from Blackstone and Canadian pension fund La Caisse for a…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Strong Quarter for Allegiant, FAA Finally Signs Off on MAX
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Allegiant’s Revenue and Profit Was Up Allegiant finally announced its Q2 earnings, and the carrier posted $158 million in EBITDA in its first earnings since the close of its merger with Sun Country on May…
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Flying Crooked Sounds Completely Made Up, But It’s Not
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You probably didn’t know it, but I’ve been on vacation this whole week. I did some pre-programming for you to fill out the week, but, spoiler alert… I’m on vacation next week too. For this…
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The Plan for Dulles is Ambitious and Ridiculous… and It Won’t Happen
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Yesterday I gave you a little history about Washington Dulles International Airport, so you could see why modernization is so important. Modernizing an airport is extremely hard, but this new plan announced by President Trump…
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A Look at Dulles Today Shows Why Action is Needed
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I was torn on whether to write about the new, grand plan to completely remake Washington’s Dulles International Airport (IAD). After all, it is a massive project with a short timeline. That is worth talking…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: JetBlue Earnings, First Class has Never Been More Popular
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JetBlue Reports Decent Earnings JetBlue stock (side note: people at JetBlue can’t like the fact they got beat to the ‘BLUE’ ticker symbol) soared Tuesday as it released its Q2 earnings which exceeded Wall Street…
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The Present and Past Sun Country Rubs Off on Allegiant with Free Drinks, First Class
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The merger between Allegiant and Sun Country has been one of the quietest I’ve seen. Perhaps it’s because they’re both small. Or maybe it’s that they just don’t have any overlap. It could be that…
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Cranky Dorkfest 2026 RSVPs are Now Open!
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Judging by the number of emails I’ve received, I know a lot of you are champing at the bit to get your RSVPs in for Cranky Dorkfest on September 19. I’m happy to say that…
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When Airlines Adopt New Aircraft Technology
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about aircraft innovation and how different airlines have reacted to new developments in different ways, but I was having trouble figuring out how to put this into something coherent.…

