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Delta May Now Walk Away From Its Old Tokyo Hub
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The big expansion of flights between the US and Tokyo’s close-in Haneda airport is now set. While every airline that applied got something, some fared…
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3 Links I Love: WestJet Gets Bought, The Great Airline War, The Long Way Home
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This week’s featured link: Onex shakes up Canada’s airline industry with all-cash deal to buy WestJet – The Globe and MailWestJet is going private again,…
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Don’t Waste the Effort, Let Air Italy Fail On Its Own
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The big three US airlines (American, Delta, and United) have been hammering on the big three Middle East carriers (Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar) for illegal…
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An Evening in Edinburgh (A Cranky Travelogue)
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Since this one isn’t about airlines at all, I’m publishing it as a bonus Wednesday post. I had been to Edinburgh exactly once before, and…
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Can Thomas Cook’s Airlines Help Lufthansa Group’s Eurowings?
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Thomas Cook is one of the most storied names in European travel, but it has not been doing well financially. Now the company is looking…
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Heathrow’s Terminal 2 and Flybe to Edinburgh (A Cranky Travelogue)
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I had made it to London, and that meant I had only one flight left that day, my first on the recently re-capitalized Flybe. But…
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3 Links I Love: Branson in the Caribbean, Long Beach Slots, The Return of Peotone
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This week’s featured link: Virgin Atlantic boss expresses interest in investing in LIAT – The Daily HeraldRichard Branson has a track record of mediocre performance…
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Asiana Tries to Shrink Its Way Out of Trouble
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It has been — to be understated — a very bad year for Asiana, the second largest airline in South Korea. Years of increasing debt…
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The Cranky Flier Interview: Capt Korry Franke on Flying the 737
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You might recognize the name Korry Franke from this blog. He’s the Captain for United who wrote the book 3 Feet to the Left. He…
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Air Canada Business Class Via Vancouver to London (A Cranky Travelogue)
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Once I had finished with planning my Islay pilgrimage, I barely had enough time to get excited for the trip before it began. Air Canada…
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3 Links I Love: Regionals Get Together, Emirates Talks, The TWA Font
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This weeks’ featured link: Southern Airways Announces Strategic Minority Investment By SkyWest, New Alliance Between the Companies – Southern Airways ExpressWell if this isn’t a…
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A Last Minute Pilgrimage to Islay, the Home of Scotland’s Peatiest Whisky (A Cranky Travelogue)
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It’s usually a surprise to people when they hear that I haven’t done a true long-haul trip in a few years. Heck, it’s a surprise…
