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It’s Cranky Dorkfest LAX Today
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They day has arrived. Get ready for a full day of Cranky Dorkfest activities. If you’d like to follow along on Twitter, I’ll be posting using the #CrankyDorkfest hashtag. If you’re on the airfield tour,…
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3 Links I Love: The American MD-80 Edition
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American may not have had a 747 to retire like Delta and United, but the airline put together one heck of a tribute to its MD-80s on their last day in revenue service. Though I…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Southwest’s Andrew Watterson Talks MAX, Newark’s Fall, and More
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Late August means it’s time for the International Aviation Forecast Summit, better known as the Boyd conference. For the third year in a row, I sat down with Southwest Chief Revenue Officer and EVP Andrew…
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Southwest May Not Love Newark, But Frontier Sure Does
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Frontier has served New York’s LaGuardia Airport for many years, but it doesn’t want to fly to New York from just one airport. Days after Southwest quits flying from Newark entirely, Frontier will be setting…
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Five Airports, Four Islands, One Day of Hawaiian Flyin’ (Video)
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It’s Labor Day here in the US, and that means I usually don’t post. But I have such a backlog of things to push out there, I thought I’d put out a little video for…
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Cranky Dorkfest LAX is One Week From Today
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We are only one week away from Cranky Dorkfest LAX. I hope to see many of you there. As a reminder, Cranky Dorkfest has expanded this year. The morning airfield tour has filled up. We…
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3 Links I Love: American’s Pain Continues, Captain Haynes, Origins of Economy
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This week’s featured link: Canceled flights, wrecked vacations and leaky planes: Passenger frustrations rise as American Airlines struggles – Dallas Morning NewsThe media coverage continues to pummel American for its poor showing this summer. At…
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Alaska Turns Its California Compass to Point North
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If you saw Alaska’s press release yesterday, you’d think the airline was entering major expansion mode. Next year, the airline will add eight new routes and increase frequency on seven more. But what wasn’t mentioned…
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Hawaiian’s Asian Strategy Is Largely a Japan Strategy (Across the Aisle)
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And now it’s time for the last part of my interview with Hawaiian Airlines CEO Peter Ingram. Today we talk about international flying, primarily Asia. If you missed the earlier posts, click to find the…
