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Alaska Optimizes Flying by Retiming A321s and Hubbing Portland
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Alaska was busy working on integrating its Hawaiian fleet this past weekend. I should be mad that they dumped all these changes right before the holidays, but who can stay mad at Chester? After all,…
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The Air Show’s Last Episode of the Year + Holiday Posting Schedule
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It’s that time of the year when everything grinds to a halt. That means there’s not a lot of news, but there are still some year-end posts ahead. In the meantime, curious to hear some…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK: United Grows in Denver, Southwests Gets a Passing Grade
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For United, Some Roads from Denver Lead to Rome United Airlines announced eight new nonstop routes from its Denver hub this week including service to Rome/FCO. Rome is currently the largest unserved international market from…
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Air Canada Rouge Grows Again, Swaps Its Fleet
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Air Canada held its investor day this week, and it had a 162-slide presentation going through all of its plans. While the main goal of this plan was presumably to help analysts with insomnia to…
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Only Russia is Holding India Back
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When I looked at the Chinese market, one of the comments asked me to do a similar look at India. I’m happy to oblige. And really, this was a fascinating dive. I hadn’t thought about…
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Alaska and Hawaiian Start to Move Metal Around
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We’ve seen bits and pieces of Alaska’s plans for its integration with Hawaiian, but this weekend the airline loaded its first major schedule shift. A whole lot of airplanes are moving around, and the end…
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Cranky Weekly Review Presented by OAK: FAA’s Captain Abandons Ship, JetBlue Gets (First) Classy
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FAA Administrator to Resign FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker announced this week he would resign at the end of president Biden’s term in office next month, opening the top job at the agency to be filled…
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JetBlue Turns Europe from Business to Leisure in Two Short Years
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I know, you were probably expecting me to talk about JetBlue finally confirming to the Wall Street Journal it will install a domestic First Class product onboard its non-Mint fleet. But really, what would I…
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The Cranky Confab Joins the Cranky Network Awards Lineup
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We are just a little over two months away from the 2025 Cranky Network Awards presented by Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on February 27, 2025. To say we have a lot of potential nominees…
