Recent Articles
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Bloggers Under Fire
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I meant to write about Holly Hegeman’s fight against Mesa Air Group a long time ago, but I admittedly got sidetracked. The recent dust-up between…
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Benet Wilson on Security Fun
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So the Cranky Flier is off on some boondoggle. But rather than give you, his loyal readers, a few days off from his pearls of…
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Horizon to Go All Q400 and Other Interesting Alaska Notes
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There were a couple of interesting things to come out of Alaska Air Group’s first quarter earnings last week. The most interesting item? Horizon will…
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SkyWest and Continental Put the Screws to ExpressJet
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An interesting little merger attempt popped up on Friday that, as Holly Hegeman says, looks like a squeeze play. SkyWest has announced that it wants…
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Hitting the Road
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Those of you who have been reading Cranky for awhile will remember back in October I asked which airline I should fly to Peru for…
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Southwest Continues to Grow in Denver, Frontier Pees Its Pants
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Poor Frontier. When they look out their windows, they must see Canyon Blue-colored vultures circling the premises. There’s no question that Southwest is going in…
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DOT Doubles Compensation for Bumping, Some People Won’t be Happy
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I know this happened last week, but I haven’t had the chance to write about it until now. The DOT announced that it was going…
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Southwest’s Crazy Eagle Airplane Porn
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It’s been awhile since I put up some good airplane porn, huh? Well, let’s break that streak. Southwest has a long history of painting airplanes…
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Trip Report: Flying Virgin America
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Back in early March, I decided it was time to fly Virgin America. Now you know that I’ve been critical of the airline, but that…
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Alitalia’s LAX Reception
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I know you guys have been champing at the bit, waiting for an update on the latest with Alitalia. I’ve actually been wanting to write…
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US Airways Choice Seats Not as Bad as You Think
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Another day, another dollar . . . of ancillary revenue that US Airways is hoping to get out of you. While you’re likely to hear…
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MAXjet Returns . . . Sort Of
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Yes, it’s true. A reader alerted me to the fact that, as the website says, “MAX is back.” Don’t get too excited though. The airline…
