Recent Articles
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Hawaiian Struggles to Maintain Its Operation Thanks to Pratt & Whitney Problems
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If you read yesterday’s post, you know that Hawaiian canceled my flight home from Maui last week. But it was more than that. Hawaiian canceled…
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Hawaiian Takes Me to Maui But Can’t Get Me Home (Trip Report)
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Back in 2019, Cranky Concierge had a very good year. We hit our stretch goal, and that meant I would follow through on my promise…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta is Printing Money, AA’s Maine Focus
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Delta’s Q3 Profit Exceeds $1 Billion Delta’s Q3 earnings report was released this week and the carrier posted a record profit of a whopping $1.1…
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United Fights All Comers for Haneda Slots
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The fight over slots at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport is ramping up once again now that at least one daily abandoned slot is in play. United…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: SAS Joins the Team, United Buys Again
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SkyTeam Gets SASsy The saga of SAS’s bankruptcy is closer to the end than the beginning after the carrier announced it expects to emerge from…
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Break Time
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Cranky Concierge is gathering this weekend for company meetings, and I won’t be back until early next week. To make life easier, I’ll be taking…
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Air Canada Tries to Win on Density
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Air Canada is waking up, and it wants you onboard… if you’re an American. The airline had been making a concerted effort to ramp up…
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Amsterdam Begins Slashing Flights Next Summer
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The threat has been hanging out there, but it’s now official. Amsterdam Schiphol has released its capacity declaration for the 2024 summer season, and the…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta’s Elites Are Up for Grabs, So Are Slots to Tokyo
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Alaska, JetBlue Begin to Pick Off Medallions, One-by-One Both Alaska and JetBlue launched very aggressive status match challenges for Delta elite fliers this week in…
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Alaska Tries to Sway Disgruntled Delta Loyalists
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When Delta rolled out its big elite program devaluation this month, I thought that overall the risk of people defecting to other airlines was low.…
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The Problem with Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G Engines on the A320neo Family
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I don’t often pay close attention to engine problems, because they seem to happen with some regularity. By that, I mean that there are manufacturing…
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San Antonio Finally Gets a Transatlantic Flight
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It’s been a local dream for ages and now it’s finally happening. On May 17 of next year, San Antonio’s first transatlantic flight will operate…
