Categories
Recent Articles
-
Crawling Around the Newly-Certified Bombardier C-Series
–
The Bombardier C-Series just received certification in Canada last week, and testing is progressing nicely. The airplane passed through Long Beach recently, and I was invited to hop on board to check it out for…
-
Cranky on the Web: Road vs Air, Ontario Goes Its Own Way
–
Holiday travelers may prefer road trip to airline flight – Tampa Bay Tribune The holiday stories keep on coming. This time the Tampa paper was looking at whether people will walk away from flights and…
-
3 Links I Love: Kuwait’s Prejudice, Europe’s Aviation Policy, Delta Finds a New Partner
–
Today’s featured link: Kuwait Airways drops NYC-London route – USA Today For those who don’t know, Kuwait Airways flew New York/JFK to London/Heathrow for years. It hearkens back to the days when airlines couldn’t fly…
-
Republic is Having Trouble Flying Its Schedule and Delta Customers are Paying the Price
–
Something didn’t seem quite right. A Cranky Concierge client was booked to fly during the holidays from Orlando to Raleigh/Durham on Delta Connection. A mere three weeks in advance, Delta scrubbed the flight and instead…
-
United Will Probably Never Have to Pay Out On Its New Corporate Operational Performance Guarantee, but We Should Still Be Happy It Exists
–
First Delta announced it would pay corporate accounts if it ran a poor operation. That seemed reasonable since Delta has been running well for months. Now, United has announced something similar. Say what? United, the…
-
Across the Aisle From American’s SVP of Government Affairs on Why Privatizing Air Traffic Control is Good (and Shouldn’t be Called Privatization)
–
A couple of weeks ago, I posted an interview with Steve Dickson, Delta’s SVP of Flight Operations, on why Delta opposes efforts to privatize air traffic control in the US. This week we look at…
-
Cranky on the Web – Finding Cheap European Flights, US Airport Complaints, United Snacks
–
Travel to Europe for Less – Kiplinger’s Personal Finance This article looked at the various low cost costs to get to and fly within Europe. I spoke with the author at length, but the particular…
-
3 Links I Love: United Leaves Dubai But Adds Snacks, Pigs on a Runway
–
Today’s featured link: United Airlines to stop flying to Dubai – Reuters Another one bites the dust. United (again following Delta’s lead) is pulling out of Dubai. But I see a lot more merit in…
-
American is the First US Airline to Introduce True Premium Economy, But Others Will Likely Follow
–
In the last decade, it’s been incredibly rare to hear about American being first, but this is a different American these days. Yesterday, the airline announced it would add a true premium economy section to…
