Categories
Recent Articles
-
Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Frontier Ditches the Middle, Argentina and Brazil Cozy Up
–
Froniter’s European Flair Industry experts have commonly referred to Frontier as America’s most-European carrier, and the airline is leaning into the reputation after announcing that it will begin European-style “Business Class” with a guaranteed blocked…
-
Introducing The Air Show Podcast Where I Join Forces With Brian Sumers and Jon Ostrower
–
After last year’s Cranky Dorkfest, I headed over to The Proud Bird to relax and watch more airplanes, because… well what is more fun that that? I had previously had discussions with Brian Sumers, but…
-
A Walk Through Hawaiian’s New, Well-Designed 787
–
It has been a long road for Hawaiian to figure out how to replace (er, augment?) its Airbus A330 fleet with a new flagship, but after two failed attemps with Airbus, the airline has officially…
-
Avelo’s First Profitable Quarter is a Milestone
–
It has actually happened. Avelo made money. Well, at least, it made a pre-tax profit in the fourth quarter of 2023. We don’t have the DOT data yet for Q4, but Avelo pushed out a…
-
Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue and Spirit End Things, United Grows Overseas
–
JetBlue, Spirit Agree to See Other People The long romance is finally over as JetBlue and Spirit formally agreed to end their courtship and move on to other relationships. In the end, hundreds of millions…
-
A Closer Look at American’s Focus on Increasing Network Superiority
–
I already tackled the commercial strategy laid out in American’s investor presentation from earlier this week, but these charts just keep calling my name. Today, I want to focus in on one specifically that shows…
-
Armed With Tortured Data, American Takes Its Old New York Strategy Systemwide
–
American Airlines held its first investor day in years yesterday, and while several execs did a good job highlighting many of the changes going on around the airline, it was the commercial strategy that I…
-
Delta Fires Back Over DOT’s Aeromexico Rejection and Allegiant Takes Delta’s Side
–
When the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it would end the antitrust immunity (ATI) given to Delta and Aeromexico for their joint venture due to the Mexican government failing to honor the open skies agreement,…
-
Cranky on the Web: CNA Wrap and a Pod
–
Q&A: 1-on-1 with Southwest COO Andrew Watterson – Blue Sky NewsPittsburgh airport’s news site was able to do an interview with Southwest COO Andrew Watterson while at the Cranky Network Awards talking not just about…
