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United and Continental Now Have Reciprocal Upgrades But That Doesn’t Mean They’re Merging
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I suppose it’s inevitable. Any time two airlines move closer together, the speculation that it means they’ll merge picks up. Right now, the noise surrounding a United-Continental merger is deafening thanks to the announcement that…
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British Airways and Iberia Finally Get Closer to Almost Possibly Merging
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Has there been a stranger courtship than that between British Airways and Iberia? The airlines, which have been talking for years, have finally agreed to merge, sort of. I mean, it’ll get there eventually. I…
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What the F*&^ is a Sharklet? (Hint: It’s Good)
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Winglets on airplanes are nothing new. We’ve seen them big and small on all kinds of airplanes. The most visible ones these days are the huge ones that you see on 737s, but what the…
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Virgin + Wine = Good Times (Trip Report)
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This past weekend, my wife and I were planning on driving up to wine country to spend the weekend with some friends. As the weekend drew closer, I decided that I really didn’t want to…
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Cranky on the Web (Nov 9 – 13)
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American and British Airways Still Waiting for Feds Antitrust Immunity Decision – BNET The waiting game continues as the DOT has gone past its own deadline for ruling on the BA/American deal. This is getting…
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Virgin Atlantic’s Taxi Share Service Is a Decent Start
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Virgin Atlantic has teamed up with Taxi2 (and it’s oddly-registered Tongan website taxi.to) to help passengers share cabs to their destination. This to me is a great idea, but they haven’t taken this far enough.…
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Alitalia Posts Profit, Hell Freezes Over
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I have never written a more surprising post than this one. Alitalia, the queen of red ink, has actually, shockingly, found that by making more money than it was spending, it could post a profit.…
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Association of European Airlines Shows Disregard for the Public, Earns a Cranky Jackass Award
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You might have seen the Cardinal’s guest post here on Cranky a couple weeks ago on the Association of European Airlines’ (AEA) efforts to protect its member airlines despite there being little to no apparent…
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Frontier Quietly Introduces Stretch Premium Economy
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Frontier has been surprisingly quiet about its latest product change, a new premium economy section called Stretch. I saw it mentioned on their Facebook page, and I believe they mentioned it on their earnings call,…
