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Cranky on the Web: Schedule Changes, Refunds, Stranded Passengers
The operation plays a critical role in the schedule that we fly – American Airlines Tell Me WhyAmerican has its regular show talking about different parts of the company. A recent episode talked about how schedules are set, and they…
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Where Could American Use All Those Boom Planes?
Last week American announced it had placed an order for 20 of the Boom Overture supersonic airplanes. It even paid real money for a deposit. On top of that, it has another 40 on option. That is a lot of…
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Southwest’s Long Beach Performance Improves
As I’m sure you all do on your Sunday nights, I was flipping through Cirium data looking for something fun to analyze when it dawned on me I hadn’t really dug into Long Beach performance post-pandemic, now that Southwest has…
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Norse Atlantic Wants to Burn Money Faster, Fly to Berlin
Norse Atlantic is getting ready to start service shortly from the US to Oslo, and it now appears to be in the phase of growth called “throw at the wall and see if anything sticks.” On the heels of its…
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NEW: Get Your Weekly Schedule Updates From Cranky Network Basics and New Lower Cranky Network Weekly Pricing
Ever since the death of Skeds of air Lines, I’ve had people ask if I would ever bring it back. The answer is… probably not. But for those who really want to keep up on weekly schedule changes, I’m happy…
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Flying The Oakland California Corridor Challenge: ONT-OAK-BUR-OAK-LGB-OAK-SNA (Trip Report)
Are you tired yet? Because I’m tired, and I had only done 4 flights on this adventure on the first day. Day 2 was our biggest day of flying yet with 6 planned, all on Southwest. Why did we do…
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3 Links I Love: DOJ Appeals, Allegiant Bad Guys, SpaceJet Scrapped, 747 to the Desert
This Week’s Featured Link The DOJ will appeal the recent mask ruling by a federal judge – NPRWords fail me on this one. Sure, there are plenty of arguments out there about the judge that struck down the mask mandate…
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Essential Air Service Takes a Beating With SkyWest Cuts
Last week, SkyWest filed with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to end service to 29 cities under the Essential Air Service program. It’s not that the subsidies weren’t working, but rather it’s because when you don’t have enough pilots, you…
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Frontier and Spirit Both March on Atlanta
With Spirit and Frontier coming together, everyone has focused on all the similarities… and to be fair, there are many. But the differences are also very telling. There is no place more interesting to see this dynamic than in Atlanta…
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WestJet Moves Into a New Business Once Again With Sunwing Acquisition
It may not have the blockbuster heft of a Frontier/Spirit merger, but last week WestJet announced it would acquire Sunwing north of the border. I was convinced that WestJet had already moved into too many different types of businesses, but…
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Reviewing Your 2021 Predictions and Making Your 2022 Picks
So, how did your predictions go this year? For most of you, the answer was… not well. This was one hard year to predict. But hey, there was some success in there, so kudos to those of you who actually,…
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Across the Aisle from Southwest’s Head of Business Travel on Operational Meltdowns, Vaccine Mandates, and Less Controversial Issues
And, we’re back. If you enjoyed part one, you’ll really enjoy part two. I saved the fun-filled controversial items for today, but keep in mind that Dave Harvey, VP of Southwest Business can only speak to these from the sales…