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Delta, United Schedule Half as Much Flying as American in June
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Over the weekend, Delta and United filed their June schedules, and again, I dove into Diio by Cirium data to see how things look. Compared to the American filing from last week, United and Delta…
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United’s Short-Sighted Efforts to Preserve Cash at All Costs
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Of all airlines, United has by far had the most dire predictions for the arc of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Scott Kirby rightly set the tone early by sounding alarms when others thought it could…
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Cranky on the Web: Recovery Thoughts, Frontier’s Middle Seat, Air Canada’s Refund Refusal, Change Fees
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I sat down with Courtney Miller for a 35 minute discussion that ranged from Hawaii’s uniqueness to through on the recovery. Come on, you know you were just looking for a good way to kill…
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3 Links I Love: Emirates on COVID, Alitalia Being Alitalia, The Queen Flies High Again
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This Week’s Featured Link Emirates’ Tim Clark: Coronavirus is a black swan event for the airline industry – The NationalI’m a sucker for a CEO interview that actually has substance. Here’s a good interview with…
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American’s June Domestic Schedule Sees Modest Growth, Texas Cuts
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I’ve analyzed May schedules to death over the last couple of weeks, so now it’s time to move on to June. My assumption is that May should be the low point, and that means we…
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Two Ways You Can Support Cranky: Cranky Daily and Merchandise
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As the pandemic drags on, we at Cranky Flier and Cranky Concierge have been churning out ideas about ways to raise revenue until travel returns. We have plenty of ideas in the hopper, and some…
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Norwegian Likely to Live to See Another Day… Which May Not Be Until Next Year
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As most everyone knows, Norwegian had been in bad shape long before this coronavirus crisis began. Things have naturally only gone downhill in the last couple months. If the airline’s survival was in doubt previously,…
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Some Airports Feel More May Pain Than Others, LAX Included
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I’ve written about airline schedule cuts multiple times lately, and many of you asked for a deep dive looking at exactly how Los Angeles has fared. I’m going to get to that in a moment,…
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Cranky on the Web: Flying In the Age of COVID, United’s Future
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After coronavirus: Your next flight may look like this – Los Angeles TimesFrom the title, this mean seem like a look at what travel will be like in the near future, but I was interviewed…
