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The Parachute Inn and Other Great Airport Restaurants

It’s been a busy week with a lot of really long posts, so I figured I’d end on a lighter note. Once I left Indiana, I crossed the Ohio and met up with US-60. I decided to stick with that road all the way to Phoenix, and it truly was an incredible...

Published Fri, Nov 21 2008 3:32 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Miscellaneous
Air New Zealand’s New Fast Check-In Process

Air New Zealand recently rolled out its new check-in process for domestic flights, and I have to say that it takes the best ideas of Alaska’s Airport of the Future and expands upon it in all the right ways. The idea is to keep people flowing through...

Published Wed, Nov 5 2008 1:53 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Technology, Airport Experience, Air New Zealand
Judging Southwest’s Halloween

It’s always hard to write about an event like Halloween at Southwest. I mean, the airline invited me out to judge the contest, put me up in a nice hotel, showered me with gifts (hilariously including a full Southwest bottle of Coke that is too big...

Published Mon, Nov 3 2008 1:23 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Labor Relations
My Sneak Preview of the New Indianapolis Airport That Opens Tonight

Next stop on the roadtrip: Indianapolis. My main reason for being here was a visit with the in-laws, but while I was in town, I was able to arrange a tour of the brand-spanking new Indianapolis Airport that opens tonight, November 11. Ok, so it’s...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 12:16 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Airport Experience, IND - Indianapolis
Delta Channels Pan Am, Decides to Fly to Every Airport on Earth

Delta released early details of its summer 2009 schedule, and all I can say is . . . wow. They are moving a lot of airplanes around, and they’re flying to a bunch of cities that you’ve probably never heard of. They’re clearly enjoying...

Published Thu, Nov 13 2008 1:53 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Schedule Changes, Delta, Northwest
LAWA Gets a Gold Star for Ditching Palmdale

There’s some great news of out Los Angeles these days now that LA World Airports (LAWA) has finally decided to give up on bringing service to Palmdale Airport. Of course, some are unhappy about this, but it’s absolutely the right thing to...

Published Mon, Nov 10 2008 11:44 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: PMD - Palmdale, Gold Star
Ryanair is Not Starting Transatlantic Flights Just Yet

It’s amazing how much traction a false story can get. Last night, it was supposedly leaked that Ryanair would announce in its earnings call today that it would begin transatlantic flights very soon. Today, it was proven that the rumor wasn’t...

Published Mon, Nov 3 2008 10:11 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Ryanair
Delta Invades Raleigh/Durham and Pittsburgh with Flights to Paris

Delta whipped up a surprise yesterday when it announced it would begin flights from both Raleigh/Durham and Pittsburgh to Paris/Charles de Gaulle next summer. I think I like this move, at least it seems like it’s worth a try, but I do find myself...

Published Fri, Nov 7 2008 1:05 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Schedule Changes, Delta, Northwest, 757
Continental to Have 80 TV Channels, Program Guide Onboard

I had the chance to spend the afternoon yesterday with the LiveTV Crew (not to be confused with 2 Live Crew), and I have to say it was a very interesting experience. While I was there, they opened up their product roadmap to me and let me play with some...

Published Tue, Nov 4 2008 12:40 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Continental, Inflight Entertainment
This Week on BNET (Nov 3 - 7)

Delta Announces New Team of Officers Now that the Delta/Northwest merger is done, the airline has decided to roll out its new management team, taking pieces from both sides of the aisle. Airlines with Pensions Face Funding Shortfall With stock prices...

Published Sat, Nov 8 2008 3:06 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Continental, Mergers/Finance, American, Delta, Boeing, Northwest, BNET, Labor Relations, 787
This Week on BNET (Oct 27 - 31)

International Air Traffic Disappears in September And you thought air traffic numbers in August looked bad? International traffic fell off a cliff in September, and this obviously does not bode well for the airlines. Delta Hires Ned Walker as Chief Communications...

Published Sat, Nov 1 2008 2:47 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JetBlue, Mergers/Finance, Delta, Boeing, Northwest, BNET, Labor Relations
The Latest on Heathrow Terminal 5

There were a couple of things that happened in the last week that got me thinking that I needed to write an update on how things were going for British Airways over at London/Heathrow’s Terminal 5. First, my walkthrough of the new Indy airport had...

Published Fri, Nov 14 2008 2:46 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: LHR - London/Heathrow
Three Things I Learned at Southwest’s Halloween Contest

It was a fun day at Southwest headquarters today when I was invited with three other bloggers (Holly Hegeman of PlaneBusiness/PlaneBuzz, Ellen Wernecke of Jaunted, and Grant Martin of Gadling) to be guest judges for their annual Halloween contest. I dressed...

Published Sat, Nov 1 2008 3:36 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest
Time to Revisit the ExpressJet Model?

I’ve seen unleaded gas for $1.75 a gallon here in Oklahoma, a barrel of oil is hovering around $60, and jet fuel is just over $2.00 a gallon, nearly 30% less than where it was a month ago. With this plunge in fuel prices, is it time to revisit ExpressJet’s...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2008 1:11 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: ExpressJet, Horizon

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