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V Australia Coming to the US

You may have heard of Australia’s second largest airline, Virgin Blue, but you probably haven’t heard of V Australia. That’s because until yesterday, it didn’t really exist. V Australia is Virgin Blue’s new long haul arm...

Published Tue, Apr 1 2008 3:05 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Virgin Blue, V Australia
Delta To Install the Cozy Suite in Coach on International Fleet

I saw a discussion about Delta installing a radically different type of seat in coach and I immediately assumed it was an April Fool’s joke. But after rooting around a bit and seeing confirmation of the news from FlightGlobal, I think it’s...

Published Wed, Apr 2 2008 3:05 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Seats, Delta
ATA Shuts Down Immediately

The rumors started swirling yesterday, and it was confirmed overnight. ATA is shutting down effective this morning. They lost their military contract, and so they’re done. I’ll have more on this tomorrow (my regular post here today will be...

Published Thu, Apr 3 2008 2:51 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, ATA, Delays/Cancellations
Air Canada Offering Protection From Weather Delays (For a Fee)

It’s been awhile since I broke out the gold star award. I thought about it yesterday with Delta’s new seat, but that’s still a couple years off from being anything tangible. But when I saw Air Canada’s new On My Way service, I...

Published Thu, Apr 3 2008 3:11 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Customer Service, Delays/Cancellations, Air Canada, Air Canada Introduces On My Way Service
An ATA Obituary

It’s kind of strange writing an obituary for ATA right now. I mean, it’s like it happened in slow motion even though it actually happened very quickly. I guess technically it started a couple years ago, but things really sped up month when...

Published Fri, Apr 4 2008 3:59 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: ATA, L1011, DC-10
Skybus Shutdown Completes This Week’s Hat Trick

Seriously, this is getting ridiculous. Monday it’s Aloha, Thursday it’s ATA, and now Saturday it’s Skybus. The airline flew its final flight last night, and now all the shiny new Airbii (um, let’s just pretend like that’s...

Published Sat, Apr 5 2008 2:51 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: ATA, Aloha, Skybus
$25 to Check a Second Bag, United Tightens the Rules

So, it now looks like most legacy carriers have adopted the $25 fee for checking a second bag. Though United originally carved out some high fare customers from paying the second fee, most other airlines did not. Of course, seeing an opportunity for a...

Published Sun, Apr 6 2008 6:55 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Baggage
Heathrow Terminal 5 After The Dust Settles

A friend of mine who frequently flies out of London/Heathrow wrote to me recently and wondered why my coverage had been so light on the new Terminal 5. I guess I was just waiting to see when things calmed down. I mean, everyone has been talking about...

Published Mon, Apr 7 2008 3:44 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, British Airways, LHR - London/Heathrow, Delays/Cancellations
JetBlue Won’t Let You Use Credits Online

My fiancee and I were supposed to fly JetBlue in February, but our trip plans changed. I had them move the fare amount into a credit, minus the change fee, knowing I’d use it some other day. That day came this week, and guess what? Using your credit...

Published Tue, Apr 8 2008 3:06 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Technology, JetBlue
Random Bits of Info: Fighting, Grounding, Delaying, and Dying Edition

We’ve got a lot going on today, so without further adieu, let’s get started. Southwest and the FAA Fighting - If you haven’t heard, there’s been a steel cage match in Washington lately. In one corner, we have Rep Oberstar breathing...

Published Wed, Apr 9 2008 4:51 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Safety/Security, Government Regulation, Southwest
Don’t Blame the MD-80 For This Mess

There’s no question that American has done an absolutely terrible job of managing the latest round of MD-80 maintenance issues from a PR perspective. It’s been so bad, that I’ve seen articles start to question the MD-80 as an airplane...

Published Thu, Apr 10 2008 3:55 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Safety/Security, MD80, American
Screw It - Let’s Lighten Things Up with the Playmobil Security Checkpoint

It’s been a heck of a week. Nice of Frontier to cap it off with a Chapter 11 filing last night, huh? I’m a little nervous about this one. They say they filed because the credit card processor increased the holdback significantly. It’s...

Published Fri, Apr 11 2008 3:43 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Mergers/Finance
Find More From Me at BNET Travel

Raise your hand if you wish you could read more of what I have to say. For the two of you who actually raised your hand, you might need to seek some professional help. If not, you’ll be happy to know that in addition to Cranky, I’m now going...

Published Mon, Apr 14 2008 3:49 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Admin
Delta and Northwest Announce Merger: It’s About F*@king Time

It’s on like Donkey Kong. Yesterday, Northwest and Delta finally announced that they would merge. This of course follows speculation that began back in 1932 when C.E. Woolman and Lewis Brittin first discussed such a possibility. Now, before I go...

Published Tue, Apr 15 2008 3:53 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Mergers/Finance, Delta, Northwest
MAXjet Returns . . . Sort Of

Yes, it’s true. A reader alerted me to the fact that, as the website says, “MAX is back.” Don’t get too excited though. The airline is coming back as a charter carrier focused on NCAA sports travel, so you probably won’t...

Published Wed, Apr 16 2008 4:36 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: MAXjet

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