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If Boeing Had Taken a Different Path
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I received a note from a reader, Joel, asking for my thoughts on an article entitled The Coming Boeing Bailout? in Big by Matt Stoller. I sent him a response, but then I just kept…
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Norwegian Tries to Fix Itself Before It’s Too Late
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There are changes afoot over at perennial money-loser Norwegian. After years of rapid growth and poor financial performance, the airline has finally pumped the brakes. Growth is down, routes are being re-shuffled, and its founder…
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Unions Slapped for Not Obeying Temporary Restraining Order Granted to American
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The fight between American and the TWU/IAM unions representing mechanics and fleet service workers continues to get worse. Though American was able to obtain a temporary restraining order (TRO) preventing the mechanics from slowing down…
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Cranky on the Web: The Mighty Hahn, American’s Delays
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Tiny German airline a big player, thanks to interline deals – Travel WeeklyHahn has a really unique business model, and this spells it out nicely. It’s a great way for agents to be able to…
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FULL: Sign-Ups for the LAX Airfield Tour are Now OPEN
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Update: It took less than 20 minutes for this to fill up. I have reached out to LAWA to see if we can add more capacity. If so, I will post updates. If you had…
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3 Links I Love: Shrinking A350 Seats, Zunum Death Watch, Seattle’s N Gates
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This week’s featured link: Airbus changes tack on seat comfort, posits ‘sub-economy’ on A350 – Runway Girl NetworkOh Airbus. The company loves to say how it has the widest seats flying, but then it pivots…
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Thanks to American, I Flew Southwest and JetBlue to Portland (Trip Report)
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This trip should have been simple. We were having our annual Cranky Concierge team gathering in Portland (Oregon) and American’s award space was wide open. Someone had offered me a Business Extra certificate that was…
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Sign-Ups for the LAX Airfield Tour Open This Friday at 10am PT
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As mentioned a couple weeks ago, I’ve partnered with Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to add a bonus event to Cranky Dorkfest LAX on Saturday, September 7. We’ll be taking a behind-the-scenes airfield bus tour…
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Talking Onboard Product with Virgin Atlantic’s VP of Customer Experience (Across the Aisle)
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As you might come to expect from an entity affiliated with Richard Branson, Virgin Atlantic celebrated the launch of its Los Angeles to Manchester flight with a party in a warehouse district east of downtown…
