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Mesa’s Fleet Falls, Rises, and Falls Again
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Watching Mesa Air Group over the last couple decades has been like watching a roller coaster. That airline makes the rest of the industry look downright stable in comparison. With Mesa’s recent bankruptcy reorganization plan…
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American To Grow Los Angeles With a Bunch of Regional Jets
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American has been talking about its cornerstone strategy for a long time now, but while there have been big changes in most of its hubs, LAX has seemingly been ignored. That finally changed yesterday when…
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Vision Airlines Talks to Me About Its Plans (Across the Aisle)
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Within a couple days of my post on Vision Airlines last week, I found myself on the phone with David Meers, Senior Vice President of the airline. As I said before, I had a lot…
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Indianapolis Airport Gets Aggressive at Lowering Airline Costs
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Regular Cranky readers know that Indianapolis is an airport that matters to me a lot. Since that’s where my in-laws live, I go out at least a couple times a year, so I pay close…
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Flights with Two Hour Ground Delays Were Twice as Likely to Cancel This Summer
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I know that I said I wouldn’t bother writing about ground delays again until some new, interesting data came out, and now, we have some. The funny thing is that I didn’t even see it.…
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Cranky on the Web (October 11-15)
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Why Arguments Against Airline Foreign Ownership Are Bogus – BNET Headwinds There are plenty of arguments against allowing foreign ownership of US airlines, but I don’t buy any of them. How Airlines Battled Through the…
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Cathay Pacific Expected to Replace Pain-Inducing Coach Seats
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I thought it would be good to end the week on a happy note. Cathay Pacific has apparently decided to replace its torturous coach seats. I’ve never flown in these seats, but I don’t recall…
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San Francisco’s Fog and Runway Problems Give the Airport a Dubious Honor
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Pop quiz. Which major airport had the worst on time performance in August? JFK? Nah. Newark? Nope. Chicago? Bzzt. Atlanta? Nyet. Give up? It’s San Francisco. Really. You would think that the airports that get…
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The New United Boosts Mexico and China, Adds Frequent Flier Reciprocity
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Yesterday, the new United continued tweaking its offerings with three announcements on Mexico, China, and frequent flier reciprocity. While I’m sure there are going to be a few big announcements over the next few months,…
