Recent Articles
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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died 14 Years Ago Today
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On the day before Cranky Dorkfest, I usually dedicate my post to the event. But today is no ordinary day, and there is something far…
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With Smisek Forced Out, United’s New CEO Oscar Munoz Has a Unique Opportunity
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I didn’t expect it to happen like this. Over the last few years, people have called for now-former United President, Chairman, and CEO Jeff Smisek’s…
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Republic May Have the Strangest Bankruptcy Filing Ever
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Have you ever heard of a company filing for bankruptcy protection so that it can increase its costs? I’m going to guess not. Yet that’s…
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My Speech About the State of the US Airline Industry
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Today is a holiday here in the US, so I normally wouldn’t post, but this seemed like a good opportunity to put up a video…
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Topic of the Week: How Important Should Operational Performance Be for Spirit?
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At the Boyd conference this week, Spirit gave a long presentation about its efforts to educate people about its unbundled strategy and why it’s good.…
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Across the Aisle From Virgin America’s CEO on His Plan to Force Legacy Carriers to Let Him Use Their Feeder Networks
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I was at the International Aviation Forecast Summit (more commonly called the Boyd conference) earlier this week and had the chance to sit down with…
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SAS is Returning to Los Angeles, a City with Which it Has Surprisingly Deep Ties
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On March 14th of next year, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will begin flying to LAX for the first time in 20 years. While a new international…
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Who the F*&@ is OneJet?
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It’s been awhile since I’ve written one of these posts, because there really haven’t been many new entrants worth profiling. OneJet, however, caught my eye…
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Cranky on the Web – Getting Upgraded, Horrible Hotel Fees
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Flying Coach? 5 Tactics for Getting an Upgrade. – Entrepreneur I was asked for my thoughts on how to get upgrades without paying for them…
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Topic of the Week: American Leaving Tel Aviv
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American has announced that it will drop the legacy US Airways flight to Tel Aviv early next year. The reason? The airline says it has…
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A Primer On the Complex World of Airline Ticket Changes
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If you want to change an airline ticket, you’re probably looking for a quick and simple answer as to how much it’ll cost. So why…
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New York LaGuardia’s Makeover Looks Nice But It Fails to Fix Some of the More Severe Issues
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LaGuardia sucks, and we all know it. But since it’s the most convenient commercial airport to Manhattan, it’s an important place. Instead of shutting the…
