Recent Articles
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Topic of the Week: The Incredible Shrinking Great Lakes
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Great Lakes has been shrinking a lot. Take a look at the most recent traffic numbers. Number of passengers down 62.2 percent. The benefit, however,…
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Why Do Airlines Make So Many Annoying Schedule Changes?
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Over the last few years, it seems like airline schedule changes have become much more frequent. Now, on most US-based airlines, it’s extremely rare to…
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Stop Focusing on How Fares are Displayed, We Have Bigger Problems
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There’s a lot of stupid government regulation when it comes to the airline industry, and for that reason, it’s important to choose your battles. I…
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United is Making Some Network and Scheduling Changes, and Most of Them are Good
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In case you missed it, United posted great financial results for the second quarter of this year. While I find it hard to proclaim that…
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Cranky on the Web (July 28 – August 1)
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Not a Fan of Spirit? These Airlines Have the Fewest Fees – Conde Nast Daily Traveler There are a lot of people who don’t like…
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Topic of the Week: Will Fokker Return?
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If you thought Fokker was long gone, you’d be right. It’s been nearly 20 years since the Dutch aircraft manufacturer folded, but now, there’s rumbling…
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Virgin America Wants to Go Public, But Will People Buy It?
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Since the dawn of time, or, uh, the dawn of Virgin America, the airline has planned to go public. There has always just been one…
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The Curse of Perspective
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On July 4, 1997, I couldn’t believe my luck. It was my first summer as an intern at America West, and this was my first…
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A Day in the Life of Southwest’s Largest Cargo Operation
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I don’t talk about cargo much on the blog, but it is most definitely an integral part of the business. Chances are, on every flight…
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Cranky on the Web (July 21 – 25)
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Cranky Analysis: Picking Apart Spirit’s Plan of Attack – PlaneBusiness Banter ($$Subscription Required$$) I dug into Spirit’s performance this time and found that while Spirit…
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Topic of the Week: GBTA Next Week
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It’s time once again for the monstrous event known as the GBTA Convention. I haven’t gone in a few years, but this time I’m going…
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Airbus and Boeing Finalize Their Future Widebody Plans and One Looks Better Than the Other
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With the recent launch of the A330neo, it seems that both Airbus and Boeing have almost fully formed their planned portfolios for the long haul,…
