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And the Winner Is . . .

. . . not Cranky. If you went to check the Weblog Award site after the voting ended on Tuesday, you likely saw that my blog ended the race in second, down 29 votes to a small Swiss blog called MyKugelhopf. But they didn’t officially release the...

Published Fri, Jan 16 2009 5:54 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Admin
The Significance of Southwest Adding Orange County from San Francisco

I know it’s just one route, but Southwest’s decision to enter the San Francisco - Orange County route with five flights a day on May 9 is a very telling move with a lot of implications. First of all, this marks the last route flown by United...

Published Thu, Jan 15 2009 4:27 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Virgin America, Schedule Changes, Southwest
Air Asia Decides to Build Its Own Airport in Kuala Lumpur

Let’s say you’re running Air Asia, the premier low-cost carrier in Southeast Asia, and you’ve got a problem. You want to keep growing, but that airport at your primary hub in Kuala Lumpur can’t keep up. What do you do? Apparently...

Published Wed, Jan 14 2009 4:05 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Air Asia
Meet the New Alitalia, Same as the Old Alitalia

Just remember, today is your last chance to vote in the 2008 Weblog Awards. You can vote once per day, so even if you’ve voted before, head on back and do it one more time. Voting ends at: 9a in Sydney (Jan 14) 7a in Tokyo (Jan 14) 10p in London...

Published Tue, Jan 13 2009 1:30 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Mergers/Finance, Alitalia
McCain Wants You to Be Able to Fly to Washington/National and New York/LaGuardia From Anywhere in the US

Let’s say you’re John McCain. You’ve finally had a couple months to relax after a very long and taxing presidential campaign. Now it’s time to head back to the Senate and use your influence to really help the country, right? Uh...

Published Mon, Jan 12 2009 4:18 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Government Regulation, LGA - New York/La Guardia, DCA - Washington/National
One Last Plea to Vote for Me in the 2008 Weblog Awards

http://2008.weblogawards.org/polls/best-travel-blog/ Since I normally don’t post on Sundays, I figured it wouldn’t be too annoying for me to post one final plea to vote for me in the 2008 Weblog Awards. (Ok, maybe it’s a little annoying...

Published Sun, Jan 11 2009 11:59 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Admin
This Week on BNET (Jan 5 - 9)

Frontier’s November Results Not as Positive as They May Seem Frontier issued its monthly operating statement for November over the holidays. The results looked great on the surface, but as usual, it’s not always as it seems. December Traffic Looks...

Published Sat, Jan 10 2009 3:12 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Technology, Frontier, Continental, Mergers/Finance, Delta, Northwest, Mesa Airlines, BNET, AirTran
Why I’m Glad the “Glory Days” of Air Travel are Gone

I saw an op-ed in the New York Times over the holidays from a former TWA flight attendant that got me so riled up, I had to write a response. I sent it in to the NYT, but it was way too long to be considered as a letter to the editor, and my [...] Read...

Published Fri, Jan 9 2009 4:21 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Customer Service, Delays/Cancellations
Airline “Pay Per Minute” Plan Is a Bad One

Anyone heard of Airtime Airlines out of South Africa? If not, you’re about to hear about it as every blogger that covers airlines is bound to write about it. These guys want you to buy minutes for travel like you buy minutes for cell phones. Let’s...

Published Thu, Jan 8 2009 3:40 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Fares, Airtime
You Guys Nominated Me for a 2008 Weblog Award

It’s time for the 2008 Weblog Awards, and it appears that I’ve actually been nominated by some of you out there as Best Travel Blog. I’m not sure if you were all drunk or high at the time, but hey, a nomination is a nomination. Thank...

Published Wed, Jan 7 2009 11:38 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Admin
Followup on United’s 777 Reconfiguration

Yesterday’s post on United’s upcoming 777 reconfiguration generated a bunch of emails and comments. After sifting through everything, it appears that things will be slightly different (and better) than what I wrote yesterday. Inflight entertainment...

Published Wed, Jan 7 2009 4:23 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Seats, Inflight Entertainment
United 777 Premium Reconfiguration Requiring Changes in Coach?

Ever wonder why United is (finally) working hard to upgrade the 767 and 747 aircraft with the new premium cabin seats, but the 777 is left behind? It appears, that of all things, it’s a problem in coach that’s keeping them from getting it...

Published Tue, Jan 6 2009 4:22 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Inflight Entertainment, 777
Lufthansa’s Growing Web of Airline Ownership

It’s a new year, and that means Lufthansa will probably acquire another 15 airlines before the year is out. If I were a betting man, I would expect to hear SAS and Virgin Atlantic involved in those discussions, but I wouldn’t expect Alitalia...

Published Mon, Jan 5 2009 3:51 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, JetBlue, Swiss, Brussels Airlines, BMI, Austrian

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