Recent Articles
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American Reveals Plenty of Bells and Whistles for Domestic Aircraft
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American continues to leak bits and pieces of its planned onboard improvements, and now we know some more about its planned offering for domestic flights.…
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A Decade of Change In Hawai’i
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I realize that Hawai’i is so far west that it’s off the radar of much of the country, but it’s always top of mind for…
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Cranky on the Web (June 16 – 20)
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Hawaiian Airlines to Fly Direct to New Zealand – Fodor’s I’m doing a little experiment writing some newsy columns for Fodor’s. This is the first…
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Topic of the Week: 4 Miles to Get to Hong Kong
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United had a glitch this week that allowed people to book award tickets to Hong Kong for only 4 miles. As you would imagine, United…
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Across the Aisle from Pittsburgh Airport’s Executive Director on Pittsburgh’s Recovery After the Death of the Hub (Part 2)
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Welcome back for part two of my across the aisle interview with Brad Penrod, Executive Director/CEO, Allegheny County Airport Authority. On Tuesday, we talked about…
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Across the Aisle from Pittsburgh Airport’s Executive Director on Pittsburgh’s Rise and Fall as a Hub (Part 1)
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I recently had a fantastic opportunity to talk by phone with Brad Penrod, Executive Director/CEO, Allegheny County Airport Authority. Yep, that’s the authority that oversees…
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JetBlue’s Strong Performance Has Spirit on the Run
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Spirit has been aggressively growing Dallas/Ft Worth service lately, but not all routes have been successful. Notably, DFW to Boston hasn’t worked out well. For…
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Cranky on the Web (July 9 – 13)
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American Airlines Merger Possibilities: The Bad and the Worse – Conde Nast Daily Traveler American says it’s evaluating five different airlines for a merger. Oh…
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Topic of the Week: SkyWest Buys Japanese
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SkyWest will be buying 100 Mitsubishi Regional Jets. These airplanes seat 70 to 90 people and compete head-on with the CRJ-700/900 and Embraer 170/175/190/195 families.…
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A Visit With California Pacific Airlines
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Two long years ago I wrote about a proposed startup called California Pacific Airlines. At the time, I said that it was different from other…
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Southwest Rightly Kills A Successful Subsidy on the Florida Panhandle
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Something very strange happened last week. St Joe and Southwest agreed to end the subsidy agreement that was put in place to get the airline…
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Alaska Offers Self Bag-Tagging After Feds Finally Ease Restrictions
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A couple of weeks ago, Alaska Airlines announced it would start aggressively rolling out self bag-tagging for its customers. This might sound like a little…
