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SkyWest Charter Finally Gets Approved, But It’s Not Clear Why Anyone Should Care
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Back in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, airlines were scrambling. There were so many pilots that took an early retirement that nobody was ready for the very quick rebound in demand that led…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK Airport: Southwest Layoffs, Delta Leaves Passengers Out in the Cold
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Southwest Announces Layoffs Southwest Airlines disclosed the first layoffs in its 53-year history with the carrier cutting about 1,750 corporate and leadership jobs, or roughly 15% of its non-union workforce. Southwest will save about $210…
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American Decentralizes as It Tries to Fix Its Commercial Organization
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While Delta keeps humming along and United surges ahead, American remains in a funk. It is still trying to figure out what it wants to be after throwing previous Chief Commercial Officer Vasu Raja’s strategy…
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An Ominous Sign for Southwest’s Future as The Airline Lays People Off for the First Time
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Southwest does did not lay people off. In the nearly 54 years since the airline started flying, it never has laid anyone off, and that was a key part of the company lore. But late…
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Cranky on the Web: What the XLR Brings, A Boomless Boom, AirTags in Bags
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How the Airbus A321XLR is changing the air map of the world – CNNThis is the most common question when talking about the A321XLR… will it really open up new routes? My thought is that…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK: Spirit Tells Frontier Thanks but No Thanks, New CFO Blows into Southwest
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Frontier’s Pursuit of Spirit Losing Momentum Frontier just can’t quit Spirit as the carrier is taking the adage of “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” to heart as it made a third…
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BWI’s Future is Full of LUV, But What Else?
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I wasn’t planning on doing a Baltimore/Washington (BWI) post originally, but after doing DCA on Monday and Dulles on Tuesday, well, let’s just finish out Washington Week with the other airport serving the metro area.…
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Dulles is On the Rise at United
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Seems like this is turning into Washington Week here on the blog. This time, however, it’s Dulles that gets some love. United’s Washington/Dulles hub has always been something of a red-headed stepchild. It has long…
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Gridlock Heads Toward Washington’s National Airport
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In the wake of the crash of American Eagle 5342 at Washington/National (DCA) airport, the airport is facing a tough future full of delays as regulators start to restrict the airport’s operation at the same…
