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This Week on BNET (April 13 - 17)

Cranky is on vacation, but I pre-scheduled a handful of posts over at BNET. Here are this week’s. — Montie Brewer Ousted as CEO of Air Canada Air Canada’s board decided to clean house last week in order to face its impending cash crisis...

Published Sat, Apr 18 2009 3:41 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Virgin America, Government Regulation, JetBlue, Air Canada, BNET
The Future of Airline Geekiness

Cranky is on vacation, but I’ve lined up some excellent guest bloggers for you while I’m gone. Today I have Things in the Sky author Dan Webb. — The vast majority of the airline geeks I know found their passion as children, and I’m no...

Published Mon, Apr 20 2009 3:57 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Guest Posts
The Plane Mate: Friend or Foe?

Cranky is on vacation, but I’ve lined up some excellent guest bloggers for you while I’m gone. Today I have a guest post from Flight Wisdom. — Washington’s Dulles Airport began construction on September 2, 1958. The airport was...

Published Tue, Apr 21 2009 3:44 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Guest Posts, IAD - Washington/Dulles
Paying For Non-Existent Airports in India

Cranky is on vacation, but I’ve lined up some excellent guest bloggers for you while I’m gone. Today I have Devesh Agarwal who writes the Bangalore Aviation blog. He always has great insight into Indian aviation. — At a time when airports...

Published Wed, Apr 22 2009 3:50 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Guest Posts
Stolen Souvenirs and Other Embarrassing Baggage

Cranky is on vacation, but I’ve lined up some excellent guest bloggers for you while I’m gone. Today I have The Traveling Optimist, who is a frequent commenter and previous guest poster on the blog. — Recent articles have highlighted...

Published Thu, Apr 23 2009 3:55 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, Guest Posts
Bienvenue à Paris

Cranky is on vacation, but I’ve lined up some excellent guest bloggers for you while I’m gone. Today I have Frances Colleen Barton-Wolf. As far as I can tell, she’s not a blogger at all nor is she an airline dork (just married to one...

Published Fri, Apr 24 2009 3:02 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Guest Posts
This Week on BNET (April 20 - 24)

Cranky is on vacation, but I did pre-schedule some posts on BNET. Here are the ones from last week. We get back in town tonight, so I’ll be back live on the blog on Monday. — Airline Executives Discuss Foreign Ownership, Unbundling, Partnerships...

Published Sat, Apr 25 2009 3:15 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, US Airways, Operations, JetBlue, Southwest, Alliances
An Underwhelming Air France Experience to Tahiti (Trip Report)

Hope you all enjoyed the guest posts, but now it’s time for me to get back to work. We had a fantastic time in French Polynesia, and it’s going to take me a little time to get back into the swing of things. I thought I’d ease myself...

Published Mon, Apr 27 2009 3:59 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Air France, Trip Reports
Is There Such a Thing as a “Good” Bag Fee?

In general, baggage fees make people cringe. I don’t think it’s that it’s because charging for a checked bag is bad in theory, but rather it’s just that everybody was used to getting a couple bags included in the price of the ticket...

Published Tue, Apr 28 2009 3:50 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, Alaska Airlines
Rebuttal: Ending Airline Competition on the North Atlantic is Bad For You

I know, I know. I’m not on vacation anymore, but when industry veteran Hubert Horan sent me this rebuttal to Evan Sparks’s piece, “Why International Alliances Are Good for You,” I just had to post it. What do you think? —...

Published Wed, Apr 29 2009 3:47 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Guest Posts, Alliances
French Polynesia From the Air and On the Ground (Trip Report Part 1)

Ok, I’ve finally been able to get the trip report together and it’s a long one so I broke it up. I have Taha’a and Bora Bora in part 1 today and Tikehau and Tahiti in part 2 tomorrow. I apologize to those who aren’t trip report...

Published Thu, Apr 30 2009 3:42 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Trip Reports, Air Tahiti
Ancillary Revenue and Unbundling are Not Always Dirty Words

If you fly, you probably cringe every time you hear the words “ancillary revenue.” You likely associate those words with airlines charging for something that used to be included in the price of the ticket, and that doesn’t make you happy...

Published Wed, Apr 1 2009 4:13 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Hawaiian

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