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Mark Your Calendars: Cranky Dorkfest 2024 is September 14
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I know itʻs only October, but we aim to please. Once again, weʻve made an effort to get the date set for Cranky Dorkfest 2024 extra early for you. Cranky Dorkfest 2024 will be on…
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Hawaiian Struggles to Maintain Its Operation Thanks to Pratt & Whitney Problems
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If you read yesterday’s post, you know that Hawaiian canceled my flight home from Maui last week. But it was more than that. Hawaiian canceled the whole week of flying, and it has been struggling…
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Hawaiian Takes Me to Maui But Can’t Get Me Home (Trip Report)
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Back in 2019, Cranky Concierge had a very good year. We hit our stretch goal, and that meant I would follow through on my promise to take the whole team to Hawaiʻi. That trip was…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Delta is Printing Money, AA’s Maine Focus
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Delta’s Q3 Profit Exceeds $1 Billion Delta’s Q3 earnings report was released this week and the carrier posted a record profit of a whopping $1.1 billion on $14.55 billion in gross revenue during the always-successful…
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United Fights All Comers for Haneda Slots
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The fight over slots at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport is ramping up once again now that at least one daily abandoned slot is in play. United has been the first and most aggressive at trying to…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: SAS Joins the Team, United Buys Again
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SkyTeam Gets SASsy The saga of SAS’s bankruptcy is closer to the end than the beginning after the carrier announced it expects to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection next year after Air France-KLM purchased…
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Break Time
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Cranky Concierge is gathering this weekend for company meetings, and I won’t be back until early next week. To make life easier, I’ll be taking a break from posting here until next Thursday. Cranky Weekly…
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Air Canada Tries to Win on Density
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Air Canada is waking up, and it wants you onboard… if you’re an American. The airline had been making a concerted effort to ramp up traffic flying from the US through Canada to another country…
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Amsterdam Begins Slashing Flights Next Summer
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The threat has been hanging out there, but it’s now official. Amsterdam Schiphol has released its capacity declaration for the 2024 summer season, and the number of slots available has dropped. This is just one…
