Recent Articles
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Lufthansa Goes Back to Its Happy Place By Starting a New Airline For No Good Reason
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If there’s anything the Lufthansa Group loves, it’s complexity. The group has been fanatical about making things as confusing as possible from an operational perspective,…
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Vintage Airport Shirts Are Now Available… And We’re Taking Requests For More
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For those of you who like to kick it old school — damn, I sound like an old guy trying to pretend to be cool…
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Despite Mass Airline Layoffs Looming, the Feds Should Stop Funneling Money Into Airlines
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We are now less than two months away from key CARES Act provisions expiring at the end of September, and that means there will be…
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American and United Load September Schedules, More Cuts For Everyone
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It’s Monday, and that means it’s schedule change time. You requested it, and now the time has come to give this weekly post a name.…
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Cranky on the Web: The Future of Air Travel
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The Future of Air Travel in the Age of COVID-19: Route Networks, Hubs, Scheduling, and Connectivity – Airways MagazineI talked to Chris Sloan for his…
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3 Links I Love: CLE Rocks, UV Cleaning, New Newark, Lauda
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This week’s featured link 95 Years of Historic Firsts at CLE – AirportsHistory.orgOne of my favorite website-finds of the year is back with a look…
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Figuring Out How Much Cash the Airlines are Really Burning
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There are many metrics used to evaluate the health of an airline, but these days, cash burn is pretty much all that matters. Oh sure,…
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TSA Data Tells the Tale of Where Things are Ugliest
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Many people have seen the overall TSA data showing how many people are starting their trips at US airports on the whole, but did you…
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More Schedule Cuts, American Plays With Fire, and Southwest Corrects Its Course
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I fear my relationship with Diio by Cirium is becoming unhealthy. Every Friday night, I run to Diio to learn about that week’s airline schedule…
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A New Cranky Talk Is Live: How Airlines Choose Where to Fly
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Cranky Talk: How airlines pick their routes! Cranky Talk is back again, and this week, we’ve put together a look at how airlines decide where…
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3 Links I Love: MAX Delayed Yet Again, US Customs Grows In Europe, Jet Exhaust Bad News
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This week’s featured link Boeing 737 MAX re-certification is not expected before October – AirwayDelays, delays, delays. As the Wall Street Journal reported, the MAX…
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Alaska and oneworld Open Up Ahead of Today’s Official Joining Announcement
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This morning, Alaska is announcing that the MOU is signed, and it is now officially a member-elect in the oneworld alliance. This, of course, is…
