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A New Cranky Talk is Live – JetBlue Gets Hostile With Spirit
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Cranky Talk – JetBlue Gets Hostile With Spirit First Spirit agreed to merge with Frontier, then JetBlue swooped in with an offer. Then Spirit said that offer wasn’t better than Frontier’s, and now JetBlue is…
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3 Links I Love: Elbers Goes to India, Avelo Walks, American Goes Amish, Breezy in Rhode Island
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This Week’s Featured Link American adds a 3rd route from Philly operated by a bus – TPGApparently I need to expand my Cirium searches to include ground transport. Had I done that, I’d have known…
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Premium Economy-ish on American’s 787 (Trip Report)
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All of a sudden, I’m spending a lot of times on airplanes. This time, I was off to the Metroplex for our first Cranky Concierge full team meeting since 2019. It was good to get…
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JetBlue Gets Hostile With Spirit, Appeals to Shareholders to Fight
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We always knew this was a possibility. Shortly after Spirit set a shareholder vote on June 10 to approve the Frontier merger, JetBlue has decided it isn’t willing to concede defeat. It has now put…
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Avianca Adds Breadth to Its Recent Move for Depth with Gol Deal
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As interesting as the US airline market is these days, it’s hard to beat what’s going on in South America. There seems to be nonstop action, and Avianca is leading the way by doing all…
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Cranky on the Web: Air Travel in 2022, Buy Now and Pay Later
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Air Travel in 2022: Best Flights, Fares, Miles, and Seats – WendyPerrin.comWendy Perrin had her annual WOW week and I joined Gary Leff at View from the Wing to talk about air travel trends. How…
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3 Links I Love: Farewell Allegiant, Gliding in Hawai’i, the Atlas Crash, Throwing Seats Overboard
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This Week’s Featured Link Maury Gallagher’s Letter to Shareholders – AllegiantI always look forward to Maury’s letter to shareholders, and it’s sad this will be the last. As always, it does not disappoint with some…
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Southwest Spends $2 Billion To Play Catch-Up on Product
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Southwest has finally decided it’s time to invest in its onboard product again. Yesterday, the airline announced it would spend more than $2 billion on a whole bunch of different projects. This is long overdue…
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Counterpoint: Spirit Torches JetBlue Offer
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Last week, I expressed my confusion at Spirit rejecting JetBlue’s offer, which seemed to be a clearly better outcome for shareholders than the offer from Frontier. At the time, all we knew from Spirit was…
