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DOT Says Virgin America is a US Citizen, But It Requires Significant Concessions
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The DOT has ruled once again that the “America” in Virgin America isn’t a lie. Despite Alaska Airlines’ efforts to have the airline ruled to be under foreign control, the DOT decided that wasn’t the…
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Cranky on the Web (January 4 – 8)
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Short Haul Air Travelers Aren’t Buying Premium Tickets, May Be a Permanent Change – BNET Premium air traffic numbers are looking a bit better on long haul, but short haul travel is still feeling the…
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Posting a Blogging Code of Ethics
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Ethics has been a hot topic in the world of blogging lately, and after a recent discussion in the comment section on a post, I thought it was time for me to put things in…
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Air Asia and Jetstar Form an Alliance, But You’ll Never Notice
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If I told you that two of the largest low cost carriers in the Asia Pacific region got together to form an alliance, that would be pretty big news, right? Well, that’s what is happening…
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Mesa Files Bankruptcy, Looks to Shrink By Nearly Half
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Mesa Air Group has finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after a very long downhill slide. I imagine that there’s not a single person in the airline industry surprised by this move. What does this…
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2009 Was a Very Safe Year for Air Travel
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I don’t like to dwell on these end-of-year facts and figures too often, but sometimes I think it’s worth pausing to take a look. For example, let’s take a look at airline safety in 2009.…
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What’s the Deal with Premium Economy? (Ask Cranky)
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Happy New Year, everyone. I’ve been looking through my old drafts, and I realized there were a couple of posts that never got published last year, and here’s one of them. It’s an Ask Cranky…
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Cranky on the Web (December 28 – January 1)
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Delta Air Lines’ New York Chief Explains How They’ll Win New York – BNET I keep hearing that Delta wants to “win” New York, so I had to find out what the heck that meant.…
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Airlines We Lost in 2009
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Long time readers of the blog know that I have a little tradition here as each year comes to a close. I like to honor (or roast) those airlines that were flying at the beginning…
