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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Delta Strikes a Profit, United Spans the Globe
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Crowdstrike Causes Famine, Housing Crisis, Rise in Crime, and Delta to Miss Earnings Goals Delta Air Lines’s Q3 Earnings were released Thursday, and the carrier posted an operating income of $1.4 billion on $15.7 billion…
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United’s Wild Summer Schedule Shows How Different This Airline Is
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It was just a couple days ago when I talked about how Delta was strengthening its southern European operation next summer, including the addition of only one new city (Catania). American was similarly conservative in…
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Delta Looks to Southern Europe for Growth
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Delta’s big summer plans over the Atlantic may be old news by now, but it wasn’t until this week that I had time to really look into what the airline has decided to do. And…
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Two Different Caravan Experiences Between the Hawaiian Islands (Trip Report)
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We had arrived in Honolulu, and now it was time for the five of us to get small. Our flights on Mokulele (technically operated by Southern Airways Express using the Mokulele brand) were on 9-seat…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: United is Safe, Spirit’s Ledger — Not So Much
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United Passes FAA’s Safety Test The FAA completed its audit of United Airlines and confirmed that it found no major safety issues with the carrier outside of its insistence on maintaining a hub in Newark.…
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Southwest is Reducing Turn Times: Don’t Panic (Yet)
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Of all the things that Southwest announced in its turnaround plan, the changes in seating were obviously the most buzzy. But I’ve been surprised to see just how much talk there was around the decision…
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A Detailed Look at Southwest’s Assigned and Extra Legroom Seating Plan
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I talked yesterday about Southwest’s broader plan coming out of its investor day, but today I want to talk about the most significant change, Southwest’s decision to assign all seats and add an extra legroom…
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It’s Time for Southwest’s $4 Billion Plan to Sink or Swim
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Southwest revealed the full details of its plan — called Southwest. Even Better. — to fix itself at investor day last week. Despite the lame name, it does seem like a thoughtful and feasible plan.…
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Cranky on the Web: Alaska/Hawaiian Getting Together, Southwest’s Struggles
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With Alaska’s acquisition complete, Hawaiian Airlines’ outlook brightens – Travel WeeklyThis one was actually from last week, but it’s another look at the Alaska and Hawaiian merger. Southwest Air’s lackluster profit fuels pressure to revamp…
