Recent Articles
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American To Grow Los Angeles With a Bunch of Regional Jets
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American has been talking about its cornerstone strategy for a long time now, but while there have been big changes in most of its hubs,…
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Vision Airlines Talks to Me About Its Plans (Across the Aisle)
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Within a couple days of my post on Vision Airlines last week, I found myself on the phone with David Meers, Senior Vice President of…
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Indianapolis Airport Gets Aggressive at Lowering Airline Costs
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Regular Cranky readers know that Indianapolis is an airport that matters to me a lot. Since that’s where my in-laws live, I go out at…
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Flights with Two Hour Ground Delays Were Twice as Likely to Cancel This Summer
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I know that I said I wouldn’t bother writing about ground delays again until some new, interesting data came out, and now, we have some.…
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Cranky on the Web (October 11-15)
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Why Arguments Against Airline Foreign Ownership Are Bogus – BNET Headwinds There are plenty of arguments against allowing foreign ownership of US airlines, but I…
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Cathay Pacific Expected to Replace Pain-Inducing Coach Seats
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I thought it would be good to end the week on a happy note. Cathay Pacific has apparently decided to replace its torturous coach seats.…
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San Francisco’s Fog and Runway Problems Give the Airport a Dubious Honor
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Pop quiz. Which major airport had the worst on time performance in August? JFK? Nah. Newark? Nope. Chicago? Bzzt. Atlanta? Nyet. Give up? It’s San…
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The New United Boosts Mexico and China, Adds Frequent Flier Reciprocity
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Yesterday, the new United continued tweaking its offerings with three announcements on Mexico, China, and frequent flier reciprocity. While I’m sure there are going to…
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Who the F*&@ is Vision Airlines?
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Everybody know what time it is? That’s right kids, it’s time to figure out who the f*&@ Vision Airlines is! You might have heard of…
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South African, Egyptair, and Ethiopian Look to Unite to Rule Africa Under the Star Alliance Banner
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In April 2006, South African Airways joined Star Alliance. Egyptair followed in July 2008 and just a couple weeks ago, Ethiopian was accepted as a…
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Cranky on the Web (October 4-8)
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How the SkyTeam Alliance Became a Rehab Center for Global Airlines – BNET Headwinds SkyTeam has picked up some of the more questionable names in…
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British Airways Rolls Out Its Retro 757 (Airplane Porn)
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It’s been way too long since we’ve had some good airplane porn here on Cranky, so I couldn’t resist when I saw British Airways put…
