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The Next Phase of LAX Terminal 3: Come for the View, Stay for the Flight
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With the pandemic lull in air travel, Delta decided it was a great time to speed up its construction projects. And so, more than a year early, the airline is preparing to open the first…
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Alaska Always Wanted to Simplify Its Fleet, Now It Has Another Reason
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Alaska Airlines has long loved to stretch the truth about its fleet simplicity, but only just a bit. The Virgin America merger made that a lot harder, but now, the airline is making a big…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – Dave Flew Spirit!
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Cranky Talk – Dave Flew Spirit! People love reading trip reports, but do they love listening to them? We are about to find out. Dave took Spirit all the way from LAX to Louisville for…
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Cranky on the Web: How Oil Affects Fares
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How rising fuel and strong demand could affect airfares – Travel WeeklyI went on The Folo podcast by Travel Weekly to talk about what really impacts fares. Come join us for a 30 minute discussion…
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3 Links I Love: China Eastern Crash, Mexico City’s Empty Airport, Flybe is Back
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This Week’s Featured Link China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 crashes en route to Guangzhou – Flightradar24This descent rate is… well, it’s just not something that can easily be reached. Image of the Week I took…
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Southwest’s New “Wanna Get Away Plus” Fare Caps a Long Shift in the Airline’s Fare Structure
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Southwest has been teasing us for a little while now with promises of a new fare family to fit between its lowest Wanna Get Away fare and its full Anytime fare. That day has now…
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A Look at the Growth of ULCCs in Maps
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Some days, I like to sit around and dream up the kind of data I can pull from Cirium. I’m only slightly ashamed to admit that this past weekend I had one of those days.…
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Lufthansa Plans Another End Run Around Labor With New Regional Subsidiary
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Over the last several years, Lufthansa Group has felt like a creation by Dr Frankenstein — pronounced FRONK-en-steen, of course. It has cobbled together seemingly unrelated pieces to try to create a profit monster. The…
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Cranky on the Web: The Mask Mandate Should Go
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US mask mandates are going away … what’s next? – TPGI was asked about the changes in mask mandates, and I was surprised to see it extended again on airplanes. As I said to the…
