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Honoring the Flight Crews That Died 23 Years Ago Today
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Some years, this just sneaks up on me, and this is one of those years. It’s September 11, and that means today we honor those who were killed when hijackers brought down four airplanes in…
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American’s Muted Summer 2025 Schedule Highlights Three Trends
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American tried to spice things up with a teaser video for its summer 2025 European schedule reveal, but this wasn’t a spicy kind of announcement. Instead, American is choosing to stick to its strengths and…
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JetBlue is Doing the Easy Part Well, But The Hard Part is Coming
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JetBlue has put out some new updated guidance for Q3 of 2024, and it is looking (relatively) good. In a year when airlines have had nothing but downward revisions, JetBlue says things are looking significantly…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: DOT Implements Loyalty Tests, AA’s AAdditions
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DOT Places Loyalty Programs Under Scrutiny The Department of Transportation opened an investigation into frequent flier and loyalty programs, specifically targeted at American, Delta, Southwest, and United. The government will be “seeking more specific data…
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Amelia is a Real Airline, and More From My Air France Flights Home From Europe (Trip Report)
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Though I was ready to come home from our European adventure, I was not looking forward to our flights. We had several places we could have returned from, but Prague by far required the fewest…
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A Closer Look at the Problems that Face Frontier, Other ULCCs
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As the big ultra low cost carriers (ULCCs) continue to bleed money, many have asked questions about how things went so wrong so quickly. The thing is, it didn’t happen all that fast. The ULCCs,…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Frontier’s Newest Frontiers, Elliott Won’t Stop
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Frontier Adds 11 Frontier is adding 11 new frontiers as the carrier will add flights for this fall and winter to give customers who prefer their airplanes with an animal on their tail more options.…
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Aeromexico Tries to Grow in the US
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For the last several years, Aeromexico has been a one note airline. It’s been all about Mexico City, but now the airline is finally trying to grow out of that shell once again. With Delta…
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Get Your Cranky Dorkfest 2024 T-Shirts Now
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Several of you asked me if I’d be designing another t-shirt for this year’s Cranky Dorkfest which comes to the park across from In-N-Out at LAX on September 14. One of you even found the…
