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Cranky on the Web: Indian Dreams and Field Hockey
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Yes, this is the strangest weekly round-up I’ve ever written. If you’re looking for good airline-related content, you may just want to skip to The Air Show down below. But if you’re looking to expand…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: AA Goes Holiday Shopping, JetBlue Enters its Lounge Era
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American Buys Two ORD Gates from the Clearance Rack American Airlines bought two gates from Spirit at Chicago/ORD as Spirit continues to look anywhere and everywhere for cash. Unfortunately for Spirit, the $30 million will…
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Spirit’s October Was Better Than September, But It Was Still Very Bad
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I’m pretty sure the release of Spirit’s monthly operating report to the bankruptcy court is going to be a regular feature here until either a) the airline exits bankruptcy protection or b) it fails. I’m…
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Indianapolis Built Its Terminal Further Away, but Columbus is Getting Closer
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And now for the next installment of my look at former hubs around the country, I’m combining two into one today. In a sense, they are similar, but in another, they are complete opposites. I’m…
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Southwest Confirms That Things are Firmly Heading in the Right Direction (Financially, At Least)
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To say this has been a year of change for Southwest would be a notable understatement. Partially under its own initiative and largely under the influence of its activist investor Elliott Management, the airline has…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: TSA, AA Want Your Money
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When TSA Stops Being Polite and Starts Getting REAL The FAA, DOT, and TSA finally implemented their REAL ID requirements in May after literal decades of missed timelines, pushed back deadlines, and overall confusion over…
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Flybondi Starts Its New Lease on Life With a Strange Aircraft Order
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Argentina is an awful market for airlines — there is really no other way to look at it historically — but that hasn’t stopped some brave souls from trying their hand at making a living.…
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Cleveland’s Wild Airport Terminal Plan
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After writing up Pittsburgh’s new terminal, I decided it would be fun to look at other former hubs to see just how they’ve been handled. None is stranger than Cleveland’s plan called CLEvolution. Many of…
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Southwest Stakes Its Claim in San Diego With New Flights
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If you live in San Diego, you are a happy camper right now. Alaska and Southwest both continue to aggressively add new flights as they look to get a leg up as the most important…
