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Southwest’s First Scheduling Moves at AirTran Give Us Insight Into the Merger Plans
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Earlier this week, Southwest publicly announced its first schedule changes for its new AirTran subsidiary. The changes, though small, give us a lot of insight into how Southwest is thinking about its AirTran purchase. It’s…
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UNITE HERE Strikes Back: Tries to Cover Bad Analysis By Insulting Cranky, Earns the Jackass
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If you decide to put out bad analysis, as UNITE HERE did last week regarding Lufthansa complaints, and someone calls you on it, what would you do? The smart answer would probably be to just…
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Why I Wouldn’t Be Surprised to See Virgin America Acquire Frontier
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This may sound crazy, but hear me out. There were two separate pieces of news last week concerning Virgin America and Frontier that got me thinking about a combination between the two. Both are low…
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Cranky on the Web (June 6 – 10)
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Bin space and the airline boarding debacle – CNN Out of the Office This week, it’s time to take a look at boarding and the race for bin space. In the Trenches: Hiring an Intern…
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Topic of the Week: The New Cranky Jackass Award
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This is just way too cool. A reader who asked to be identified as Johosofat had a project in his high school ceramics class to make a slab relief of a mythical creature. He chose…
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When Statistics Attack: Union Report on Lufthansa Complaint “Spike” is Simply Misleading
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One thing that’s certain is that you can make statistics say pretty much whatever you want to get your point across. That’s exactly what the UNITE HERE union is doing with what appears to be…
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Southwest’s Long DFW Goodbye and International Plans in Baltimore
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There were a couple of completely unrelated pieces of news from Southwest that came out last week, but I decided to throw them both into a single post. First, Southwest announced that it will have…
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Delta Increases Reliance on Partners, Cuts Transatlantic Flights
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Delta’s recent pulldown of Transatlantic flights was fairly breathtaking in its scope, but it also showed just how joint ventures can influence decisions. Delta is increasing reliance on partners, and that’s not something it might…
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Cranky on the Web (May 30 – June 3)
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How to deal with airport strandings – CNN Out of the Office Last week’s volcano and severe weather reminded me that it’s time to brush up on techniques for avoiding strandings. In the Trenches: New…
