Recent Articles
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Correction: Avelo’s Operational Performance Was Not Bad
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What’s this? A special Friday evening post? That’s right, and it’s because that chart I posted earlier today showing Avelo’s on-time performance was not right.…
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3 Links I Love: United Next, Avelo’s Poor Operation, Air Canada Warning, Southwest Fluff
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This post has been updated to reflect a problem with the data regarding Avelo’s operation. The airline did not fly all those flights in the…
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Avelo Sees Mixed Results, Cuts Flight Frequencies
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Avelo launched service at the end of April with an aggressive focus on Burbank. The initial 11 cities have now been flying at full strength…
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United Prepares For Massive Growth in More Ways Than One With Big Aircraft Order
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The long-rumored new aircraft order is now official, and on the surface it may not seem very surprising. This order, however, is a milestone in…
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Alaska Leaves LA-JFK While United Shifts 777 Plans
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It was a game of inches in Airlineville this week. We didn’t see the massive cuts we get most weeks, but the residents were tinkering…
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A New Cranky Talk is Live – The One About Boom
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Cranky Talk – The One About Boom Dave has been bugging me for a really long time to do a podcast on supersonic travel. I…
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Cranky on the Web: Summer Travel, Airport People Mover, Southwest CEO, and Airbus Isolation Tents
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It was a really busy media week, and these are only the ones I could find links for. Oddly enough, they are all on completely…
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3 Links I Love: Interview with Flair and Gatwick, Freedom One, Long Walks in Salt Lake
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This Week’s Featured Link Deep Dive: Interview With Flair Airlines CEO Stephen Jones – Airways MagThis is a video production of just over 8 minutes…
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Southwest Surprises With a Telling New CEO Pick
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Southwest CEO Gary Kelly has been talking about succession for a long time. He’s been in the job for 17 years, and the end was…
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Two Days Of Deeper Exploration On Molokai (A Cranky Travelogue)
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Welcome back as we get toward the end of my latest Cranky Travelogue. It’s another Wednesday post, and that’s because this one has nothing to…
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As Summer Ramps Up, Airline Operations Struggle Across the Board
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It has been plastered all over the news. Flights are being canceled, schedules are being pulled back… you’d think the entire airline industry was falling…
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American Cuts Back as Operational Problems Rise, Other Airlines Tinker
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It’s getting hot in Airlineville… a little too hot. Things are warming up so quickly for the Eagle that he’s had to take a breather,…
