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Cranky on the Web: A Livestream Tuesday, 39 Questions With Johnny Jet
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Mondays Live With Skift Airline WeeklyJoin me and Skift Airline Weekly Editor Madhu Unnikrishnan for a chat about the airlines on TUESDAY at 830a PT. It’ll be live, and you can register here to join.…
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3 Links I Love: Pan Am R&R Flights, Why Airports Die, A Delta Rumor I Hope Isn’t True
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This week’s featured link Flight Status – The Washington Post MagazineIt’s a long weekend so we all have more time to kill than usual. So, here’s a nice, long piece looking at the flight attendants…
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If You’re Going to Fly, Wear a Mask and Stop Expecting Social Distancing
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If you spend a lot of time on social media, you’ve likely seen an increasing number of travelers griping about their air travel woes. The general complaint is that airlines are not living up to…
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Flight Schedules Only Tell Part of the Story
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I’ve spent a lot of time looking at flight schedules here over the past month or so, and it does tell a rather interesting story about how individual airlines have approached the plunge in demand…
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Analyzing Delta’s 777 Retirement Plan
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On the heels of announcing the retirement of its MD-88 and MD-90 fleet on June 2, Delta has now announced that its 777s will leave the fleet by the end of the year. This is…
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Cranky on the Web: A New Cranky Podcast, Summer Predictions, More Refunds
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Cranky Talk Episode 1 – The Phantom RefundsWe’ve been tinkering with expanding podcasting, and this week we’ve launched our very first consumer-focused Cranky Talk. We decided to start with a short look at the refund…
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3 Links I Love: A 5 Year Recovery, Mitsubishi Hurting, Ryanair Denies Airbus
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This week’s featured link COVID-19 Outlook for air travel in the next 5 years – IATAThis presentation has all kinds of interesting tidbits around how IATA came to the conclusion that the industry will go…
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When Agencies Make Up Rules and Deny Refunds (Tales From the Field)
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Today, I bring you a very special edition of Tales From the Field. What makes it so special? Well, today’s story has nothing to do with a Cranky Concierge client; it happened to us directly.…
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Get Your Favorite Airports On a Cranky T-Shirt
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If you’ve been following along on Twitter, you know I’ve been feverishly working on creating individual shirts for as many airports as I can. I’m proud to announce that the first round of The Airport…
