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Porter Version 2.0 Gets Ready to Join the Fray Across Canada
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Porter is not a new airline, having flown the Canadian skies since 2006. Back then, it was the idea of launching a base at Toronto’s close-in City Airport (now named after Billy Bishop) that created…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: DHS Still Doesn’t Get Real, JetBlue Spackles New Tile, More
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This is The True Story of the Federal Government When it Stops Being Polite…and Starts Getting Real The federal government delayed implementing its requirement for travelers to obtain a REAL ID another two years –…
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Long Beach Can Add More Flights Because JetBlue Left
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The Long Beach Airport noise ordinance is far from straightforward, but it has coveted grandfathered status which allows it to continue to restrict traffic at the airport while most other airports cannot. Now, the airport…
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Hawaiian Tests Its NEOs With New Cook Islands Flight
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It has been a long time since Hawaiian has announced a new route, but I’m happy to say that day has finally come again. Hawaiian will begin flying from Honolulu to Raratonga in the Cook…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Frontier Launches GoWild! Is it Worth It?
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Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. We know you missed us during our Thanksgiving hiatus, but we are back, and we are ready to talk about airlines again. Ok, so I’m…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta Puts the Squeeze on SkyClub Access, More ITA Drama, More
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Delta Puts the Squeeze on SkyClub Access Access to Delta SkyClubs since the summer has been in higher demand than Taylor Swift tickets, and getting into one has been harder than buying a ticket to…
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Singapore Makes a Big Bet That Air India Can Get Its Act Together
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What had been speculated for some time is now official. Air India and Vistara will merge, creating a new powerhouse in India, in theory. There is a lot that can go wrong here, which is…
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Colombia Does Not Like the Avianca/Viva Merger, But Avianca is Not Giving Up Yet
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Avianca has been busy remaking itself over the last few years. That has meant pivoting toward an ultra low cost (ULCC) model while also trying to grow through acquisition. The biggest piece of that plan…
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Frontier Earns the Cranky Jackass Award for Eliminating Phone Support
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It has been over a year since I last handed out a Cranky Jackass Award, and that’s by design. My standards have really ratcheted up since the early days when I would pass them out…
