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  • Avelo’s First Profitable Quarter is a Milestone
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    Avelo’s First Profitable Quarter is a Milestone

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    Mar 11, 2024

    It has actually happened. Avelo made money. Well, at least, it made a pre-tax profit in the fourth quarter of 2023. We don’t have the DOT data yet for Q4, but Avelo pushed out a…

  • Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue and Spirit End Things, United Grows Overseas
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    Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue and Spirit End Things, United Grows Overseas

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    Mar 8, 2024

    JetBlue, Spirit Agree to See Other People The long romance is finally over as JetBlue and Spirit formally agreed to end their courtship and move on to other relationships. In the end, hundreds of millions…

  • A Closer Look at American’s Focus on Increasing Network Superiority
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    A Closer Look at American’s Focus on Increasing Network Superiority

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    Mar 7, 2024

    I already tackled the commercial strategy laid out in American’s investor presentation from earlier this week, but these charts just keep calling my name. Today, I want to focus in on one specifically that shows…

  • Armed With Tortured Data, American Takes Its Old New York Strategy Systemwide
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    Armed With Tortured Data, American Takes Its Old New York Strategy Systemwide

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    Mar 5, 2024

    American Airlines held its first investor day in years yesterday, and while several execs did a good job highlighting many of the changes going on around the airline, it was the commercial strategy that I…

  • Delta Fires Back Over DOT’s Aeromexico Rejection and Allegiant Takes Delta’s Side
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    Delta Fires Back Over DOT’s Aeromexico Rejection and Allegiant Takes Delta’s Side

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    Mar 4, 2024

    When the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it would end the antitrust immunity (ATI) given to Delta and Aeromexico for their joint venture due to the Mexican government failing to honor the open skies agreement,…

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    Cranky on the Web: CNA Wrap and a Pod

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    Mar 2, 2024

    Q&A: 1-on-1 with Southwest COO Andrew Watterson – Blue Sky NewsPittsburgh airport’s news site was able to do an interview with Southwest COO Andrew Watterson while at the Cranky Network Awards talking not just about…

  • Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue and Spirit Back in Court, Southwest Hits Pause
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    Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue and Spirit Back in Court, Southwest Hits Pause

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    Mar 1, 2024

    JetBlue, Spirit Forge Ahead JetBlue and Spirit will continue to grasp at straws appeal their loss in court in an effort to revive their potential merger which currently is on life support. Many are lining…

  • A First Look at What You Missed at The 2024 Cranky Network Awards
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    A First Look at What You Missed at The 2024 Cranky Network Awards

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    Feb 29, 2024

    Last week I put on the 2024 Cranky Network Awards presented by Oakland International Airport with Courtney Miller from Visual Approach, as you probably know. It was a great night where we honored the best…

  • The Great Canadian Shakeout Begins as Lynx Shuts Down
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    The Great Canadian Shakeout Begins as Lynx Shuts Down

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    Feb 27, 2024

    It was a surreal moment on Thursday night. We were frantically preparing for the start of the Cranky Network Awards when I received a message from one of the two attendees from Canada’s Lynx Air.…

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