Recent Articles
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Topic of the Week: The (Temporarily) Shrinking Japanese Market
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In light of the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown 1-2-3 punch, traffic to Japan is plunging. Delta has suspended its Haneda flights for a few months, Singapore has…
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Lufthansa Goes Back in Time, Gives First Class Travelers a Seat and a Bed
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Airlines have spent a lot of time and effort trying to figure out a way to squeeze a seat and a bed into a very…
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Delta Comes out Swinging at Frontier Over Minneapolis Move
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Anyone who thinks that the days of airline schedule retaliation are over clearly hasn’t been watching Delta. The airline is royally pissed that Frontier had…
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American, BA, Iberia Need to Eliminate Differences or Do a Better Job of Highlighting Them
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Last week, American and its joint venture partners British Airways and Iberia were here in Southern California to pitch the benefits of the joint venture…
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Cranky on the Web (March 5 – 11)
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Weather, tarmac rule irk airlines – Arizona Republic Another article talking about long tarmac delays, and I was asked to comment. The scoop on business…
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Spirit Goes Into One of the Most Competitive Markets In the US, But Why?
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It’s Spirit week here at Cranky, and not in the “ra ra, go team” kind of way. I’m talking about Spirit Airlines. I actually hadn’t…
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Video Tour of the New British Airways First Class
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It may have been almost two months since BA brought me out to London, but I still have some good material waiting to see the…
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Hey Spirit, The Water’s a Lot Warmer in Puerto Rico Than Niagara Falls (Guest Post)
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It’s been awhile but the Cardinal is back. And he’s got some good advice for Spirit . . . — Spirit Airlines should be all…
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Cranky on the Web (February 28 – March 4)
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In the Trenches: Turnover Hurts – Intuit Small Business Blog We had someone leave Cranky Concierge in the last couple weeks and that has made…
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Topic of the Week: Frontier to Provo, Knoxville, and More
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Frontier announced its summer plans this week, and we have some interesting surprises as well as a big disappointment. The bad news (for me) is…
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Allegiant Looks to Appeal to Gamblers with Option to Bet on Fuel Prices
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Allegiant has quietly slipped a note into a federal filing that says it wants people to be able to pay for fuel price fluctuations after…
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Mr Cranky Goes to Washington on US Airways (Trip Report)
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As mentioned yesterday, I was in DC last week to speak on a panel. Transportation was provided on US Airways, so it gave me an…
