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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: AA, Southwest Lose Money, Southwest FAs Make Money
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American’s Q1: Labor Costs Up, Profit Down American Airlines lost $312 million in the first three months of the year as it saw labor costs rise 18%, or nearly $600 million from a year ago.…
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JetBlue Runs Into Latin America Troubles
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The first quarter was a terrible one for JetBlue. On the one hand, it looks like the airline was using this as a “kitchen sink” kind of quarter where it just threw all kinds of…
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A Look at the Other Ocean: United Over the Atlantic
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I wrote yesterday about how United had some real struggles filling seats in its Pacific network around the holiday season. But the only comprehensive data I have is load factor information combined with broad unit…
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United Struggles to Fill All Those Seats Down Under
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United made a huge push into the Pacific this winter, and the numbers are somewhat staggering. With so many seats flooding the market, it’s perhaps not surprising that United has struggled to fill them all.…
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Cranky on the Web: American’s Preferred, Frontier’s Quick Change, Earnings Begin
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Some American Airlines Flyers Won’t Earn Miles for Flights Starting Next Month – Fodor’sThe deadline is fast approaching for American to decide which travel agencies will be considered “preferred.” Those that aren’t will not be…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Earnings for United and Alaska, JetBlue Shakes Things Up
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United Looks Forward, Not Back in Earnings Report United posted a net loss of $124 million during Q1, but a positive outlook for Q2 buoyed its stock price and the spirits of its senior leadership.…
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The Wild Fight Over San Francisco
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Regular readers know that the currently-named Metropolitan Oakland International Airport is a sponsor of the Friday Cranky Weekly Review. It also was the presenting sponsor of this year’s Cranky Network Awards. So when I saw…
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Provo is American’s Future
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American has decided to add a new dot to its route map. The winner is… Provo, Utah. This might sound like it’s coming from left field, but this is exactly the kind of market that…
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A Tale of Two Cities: Expanding on Last Week’s The Air Show Podcast
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Last week on The Air Show podcast, Jon Ostrower, Brian Sumers, and I dove head first into the two northern corners of the Continental US, Boston and Seattle. Delta has officially designated each city as…
