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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Southwest and Elliott Find Détente, Frontier and Spirit Can’t Quit Each Other
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Southwest and Elliott Reach Truce Southwest Airlines months-long proxy fight with activist investor Elliott Investment Management appears to finally be coming to a close after the two parties reached an agreement Thursday. As part of…
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Play Airlines Plans to Play in the Sand Instead of the States
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Things don’t appear to be going all that well for Iceland-based Play Airlines, the heir to the WOW Air legacy. With results coming in worse than expected, the airline is shifting its plans away from…
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Getting to Southwest Investor Day… on American (Trip Report)
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Analysts and media had circled September 26 on their calendars for a long time. That was the day that Southwest would present its long-awaited plan to “transform” itself. I don’t always care about going to…
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United’s Atlantic Joint Venture Guides How United Grows
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I’m well aware that I’ve written a lot about United’s recent network announcement, but there’s still more to be said. Today, I want to talk about the airline’s Atlantic Plus-Plus (A++) joint venture and why…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: DOT’s DCA Sweepstakes Winners, United’s Profits Soar
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DOT Announces DCA Winners The long-awaited results of the DOT’s awarding of five new perimeter-exempted slots at Washington/National Airport were revealed this week and the results were…not shocking. The five largest airlines all took home…
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I Don’t Understand This Plan, but Elliott’s Showdown with Southwest’s Board Now Has a Date
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Any time something happens in this airline industry we love, there’s a good chance I have an opinion on it. And to get to that opinion, I first have to figure out where the company…
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Hawaiian Needed Three Airplanes to Get Me Home (Trip Report)
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This was supposed to be a nice and easy flight home from Honolulu after a great trip. I had been sitting on a ton of points from last October when Hawaiian canceled a couple flights…
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The Unexpected Rebirth of United’s Narita Hub
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In 1986, United Airlines took over Pan Am’s Pacific route network. This was arguably the beginning of the end for Pan Am, but it’s also what brought United into the big leagues as a true…
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Cranky on the Web: Hurricanes and a Data Dive
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The Latest Hurricane Milton Travel Updates – Condé Nast TravelerWhat about the people who were going to Florida on vacation during the hurricane? Well, it was pretty late to change plans, but airlines are much…
