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Cranky on the Web (November 26 – 30)
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2022: Cheap flights, more rail and hands-free cars – CNN.com This look into the future from CNN included a few quotes from me about the rise of ultra low cost carriers. British Airways’ In-Flight Movie…
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Topic of the Week: My 2,000th Post and a Look Back
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It took more than 6 years to get here, but this post is my 2,000th. And on those 2,000 posts, you’ve left more than 33,333 comments. That’s a lot of words. So I thought I…
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Interesting Notes About Delta’s Service in Africa
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Delta recently sent around a PDF file internally talking about the airline’s Africa service, and a Delta employee sent it over to me. I thought it was a really interesting look at how African markets…
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Southwest Continues Cutting Atlanta, Delta Must Be Thrilled
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Remember when Southwest announced it was taking over AirTran and people immediately thought Delta was in trouble in Atlanta? Hah. Yeah, right. I’d say the opposite is true. Delta must absolutely love Southwest for how…
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Look for Bigger, More Comfortable Airplanes at United Express
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It wasn’t long ago that I was writing about how it was going to get a lot more comfortable to fly on Delta thanks to the retirement of small regional jets in favor of larger…
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Cranky on the Web (November 19 – 23)
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The EU’s Airplane Carbon Trading Program and What It Means – Conde Nast Daily Traveler I took a look at the recently-suspended emissions trading system in Europe and the politics behind it. Holiday travel and…
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Topic of the Week: Your Thanksgiving Travel
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Hopefully everyone is with family and enjoying their long Thanksgiving weekend here in the US. How were your travels? Any delays? Stories from the road?
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The True Meaning of Thanksgiving 2012
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To all my American readers, Happy Thanksgiving! I’m certainly thankful for all of you who came out to do some Crankyspotting in Phoenix on Monday. I’d say we had 12 to 15 folks, including one…
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JetBlue Enters Alaska’s Bread and Butter Market
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The airline with the Eskimo on its tail has to be feeling a little uneasy right now after JetBlue announced it would enter Alaska’s flagship Seattle to Anchorage market. The motivations for this move seem…
