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Southwest Continues Cutting Atlanta, Delta Must Be Thrilled
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Remember when Southwest announced it was taking over AirTran and people immediately thought Delta was in trouble in Atlanta? Hah. Yeah, right. I’d say the opposite is true. Delta must absolutely love Southwest for how…
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Look for Bigger, More Comfortable Airplanes at United Express
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It wasn’t long ago that I was writing about how it was going to get a lot more comfortable to fly on Delta thanks to the retirement of small regional jets in favor of larger…
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Cranky on the Web (November 19 – 23)
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The EU’s Airplane Carbon Trading Program and What It Means – Conde Nast Daily Traveler I took a look at the recently-suspended emissions trading system in Europe and the politics behind it. Holiday travel and…
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Topic of the Week: Your Thanksgiving Travel
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Hopefully everyone is with family and enjoying their long Thanksgiving weekend here in the US. How were your travels? Any delays? Stories from the road?
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The True Meaning of Thanksgiving 2012
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To all my American readers, Happy Thanksgiving! I’m certainly thankful for all of you who came out to do some Crankyspotting in Phoenix on Monday. I’d say we had 12 to 15 folks, including one…
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JetBlue Enters Alaska’s Bread and Butter Market
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The airline with the Eskimo on its tail has to be feeling a little uneasy right now after JetBlue announced it would enter Alaska’s flagship Seattle to Anchorage market. The motivations for this move seem…
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Virgin America Cuts Aircraft Orders as It Posts Another Loss
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For those who are in the Phoenix area today, don’t forget that we’ll be Crankyspotting at Tempe Beach Park today from 4p to 6p. Hope to see you there! — You would think that Virgin…
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Cranky on the Web (November 12 – 16)
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The EU’s Airplane Carbon Trading Program and What It Means – Conde Nast Daily Traveler I walk through what’s been doing on with the EU emissions trading scheme and why it was suspended. (This has…
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Topic of the Week: What Should I Tell US Airways?
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As you all know, I’ll be in Phoenix next week. (I hope you can join me on Monday from 4p to 6p for some Crankyspotting at Tempe Beach Park.) But what you don’t know is…
