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Topic of the Week: Frontier Picks Up Where Southwest Leaves
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Frontier has been busy quickly picking up routes that Southwest has decided to have AirTran abandon. We’ll see nonstops from Orlando to Allentown (PA), Harrisburg (PA), and Bloomington/Normal (IL). Its flight from Orlando to Madison…
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Cranky on the Web (February 27 – March 2)
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It’s Not Actually News When a Plane’s Landing Gear Doesn’t Go Down – Conde Nast Daily Traveler A United Express flight had its nose gear fail to extend earlier this week. This shouldn’t be news.…
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My Late Discussion About Air Asia X Pulling Out of Europe
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This isn’t exactly breaking news, but it is something that I’ve been meaning to cover since it was announced back in January. Air Asia X, the long haul arm of successful low cost carrier Air…
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How Many Extra Airplanes Does An Airline Need? (Ask Cranky)
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It’s time for another Ask Cranky. Today, we’re looking at an operations question from a reader. How many extra planes do airlines keep on hand to fill in for maintenance issues that require longer than…
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The Final Days of the Continental Name (but Continental Itself Lives On)
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There are a lot of different milestones that can be used to determine when a merger is truly complete. The one I always use is when you can no longer book a flight on both…
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Cranky on the Web (February 20 – 24)
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Five things not to do on airplanes – CNN Out of the Office This was fun to pick through five things people shouldn’t do on airplanes. I’m sure you guys have plenty to add to…
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Topic of the Week: Upgrading with a Baby
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This became a big discussion on Twitter, so I thought I’d bring it here. In a couple months, my wife and I are taking the little guy on his maiden voyage, and we had the…
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The Continuing Sad Decline of Miami Air Service
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Have you been through Miami lately? Unless you’re an American Airlines-loyalist, the answer is probably a firm “no.” While American’s presence continues to strengthen, other airlines are running away in droves. The latest is Delta,…
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Spirit Goes to Denver, But Why?
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The next stop for Spirit’s growth train here in the US is in an unlikely place . . . Denver. Why would Spirit go into a market where there’s certainly no shortage of capacity? Something…
