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Glen’s Gotta Go and Delta Will Feel the Blow
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There aren’t many airline industry leaders that move me to the point of wanting to write a post when they retire, especially not an appreciation post, and NEVER for someone who worked for Alitalia. Glen…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Frontier, Delta See Leadership Changes
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Frontier Abruptly Makes CEO Change Frontier Airlines announced Monday it was making a change at the top, replacing CEO Barry Biffle with the carrier’s president, Jimmy Dempsey. The unexpected change — it was originally believed…
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Elliott Starts to Sell Its Southwest Stake
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There are an enormous number of filings that public companies have to make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). They are all public and nearly all of them are incredibly boring. But every so…
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A New Leader Takes Over Cranky Concierge at the End of the Year
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It’s been more than 16 years since I started Cranky Concierge to help travelers with air travel problems, and things have changed a lot since those early days. Now, the biggest change yet is coming……
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The Incredible Shrinking MEM
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Memphis has always been an airport that punched above its weight, but that all fell apart when Delta shut down the hub, and the airport has been left to pick up the pieces. Its solution…
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Pegasus Looks Beyond Türkiye with Czech Purchase
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Does Pegasus count as a European airline? This might sound like a silly question that doesn’t really matter, but it’s still fun to ponder. If there was any doubt before, that is now erased with…
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Cranky on the Web: Indian Dreams and Field Hockey
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Yes, this is the strangest weekly round-up I’ve ever written. If you’re looking for good airline-related content, you may just want to skip to The Air Show down below. But if you’re looking to expand…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: AA Goes Holiday Shopping, JetBlue Enters its Lounge Era
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American Buys Two ORD Gates from the Clearance Rack American Airlines bought two gates from Spirit at Chicago/ORD as Spirit continues to look anywhere and everywhere for cash. Unfortunately for Spirit, the $30 million will…
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Spirit’s October Was Better Than September, But It Was Still Very Bad
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I’m pretty sure the release of Spirit’s monthly operating report to the bankruptcy court is going to be a regular feature here until either a) the airline exits bankruptcy protection or b) it fails. I’m…
