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You Think RJs are Tight?
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My friend has recently relocated to London, and he’s been taking advantage of the unique aviation scene over in Europe by getting on some pretty cool flights. But when he sent me this picture, I…
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Bloggers Under Fire
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I meant to write about Holly Hegeman’s fight against Mesa Air Group a long time ago, but I admittedly got sidetracked. The recent dust-up between Eclipse Aviation and the Eclipse Aviation Critic NG blog (listen…
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Benet Wilson on Security Fun
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So the Cranky Flier is off on some boondoggle. But rather than give you, his loyal readers, a few days off from his pearls of wisdom on the aviation industry, he called on some of…
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Horizon to Go All Q400 and Other Interesting Alaska Notes
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There were a couple of interesting things to come out of Alaska Air Group’s first quarter earnings last week. The most interesting item? Horizon will drop all of its 20 CRJ-700 aircraft in the next…
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SkyWest and Continental Put the Screws to ExpressJet
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An interesting little merger attempt popped up on Friday that, as Holly Hegeman says, looks like a squeeze play. SkyWest has announced that it wants to buy ExpressJet for $3.50 a share. The airline was…
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Hitting the Road
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Those of you who have been reading Cranky for awhile will remember back in October I asked which airline I should fly to Peru for a trip in the seemingly distant future. Well guess what?…
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Southwest Continues to Grow in Denver, Frontier Pees Its Pants
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Poor Frontier. When they look out their windows, they must see Canyon Blue-colored vultures circling the premises. There’s no question that Southwest is going in for the kill. This week, Southwest said it would once…
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DOT Doubles Compensation for Bumping, Some People Won’t be Happy
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I know this happened last week, but I haven’t had the chance to write about it until now. The DOT announced that it was going to increase the compensation for passengers who are involuntarily denied…
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Southwest’s Crazy Eagle Airplane Porn
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It’s been awhile since I put up some good airplane porn, huh? Well, let’s break that streak. Southwest has a long history of painting airplanes to look like the state flags of its biggest operation…
