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Cranky on the Web: Frontier’s New Cities
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Frontier Airlines to start service from BHM – Birmingham Business Journal This was a rather strange discussion, because the reporter knew that Frontier was announcing Birmingham but it was still on embargo and couldn’t tell…
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3 Links I Love: Lufthansa’s Acceptable New Livery, JetBlue’s West Coast Strategy Turns Angry, A Brief Book Report
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This week’s featured link: Heritage meets the future. Lufthansa presents a new brand design. – Lufthansa Group Newsroom The new Lufthansa livery is out and it’s… well, it’s fine. Basically, the tail just changed to…
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Why are One-Way Fares So Expensive Internationally? (Ask Cranky)
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It’s time for another Ask Cranky post, and this one focuses on my favorite topic: airline pricing. (Note: I’ve cleaned up the language in the email a bit for clarity.) I have a question for…
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Lufthansa Group Slowly Chips Away at European Boundaries With Brussels Airlines Changes
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Airline consolidation in Europe has gone very differently from how it’s gone here in the US. Unlike the true mergers we have here, Europeans have instead delicately thrown together several different airlines under one larger…
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United Should Have Thought Through Paid Basic Economy Seat Assignments Before Launching
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I continue to beat my head against the wall as I watch the legacy carriers find new ways to screw up implementing Basic Economy. This shouldn’t be all that hard. There should be a low…
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3 Links I Love: Remote Air Traffic Control, Heating Runways, an Airline to Make You Appreciate the US Carriers
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Sorry for the delay this morning. It helps if I remember to actually schedule it to publish… This week’s featured link: Controlling An Airport From 80 Miles Away – Tom Scott Thanks to Nick for…
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The State of Qatar Promises Reforms to Its Airline Because It Needs a Friend
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Qatar (the country) has been in a sticky situation for some time now. With many of its Arab neighbors accusing the country of meddling in their internal affairs as well as being a state sponsor…
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Washington’s Paine Field Begins Commercial Service This Fall and It’s Already Out of Room
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There’s nothing quite like building a brand-spanking-new terminal only to find out that it’s completely full before it even opens. This sounds like really poor demand planning, right? Oh no. This is all by design.…
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A Conversation With Myself About United’s Domestic Growth Plan
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United’s third quarter earnings call did not go over well with Wall Street, and last week’s fourth quarter call? Well that didn’t go well either. This time, the airline ran it as an investor update,…
