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Volaris Lands in Los Angeles, First Destination North of the Border

Volaris brought its first flight into LAX yesterday, and I headed out to the airport for the airline’s press conference celebrating the event. I must admit that I liked a lot of what I heard about Volaris, but these are some incredibly uncertain...

Published Wed, Jul 1 2009 3:44 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Southwest, Volaris
A New Addition to the Cranky Family

There’s good news in Crankyville this week. No, it’s not a new writer. No, we’re not having a baby. I’m very happy to welcome a new sister-in-law into the family. While we left Jackson Hole on Sunday, my brother Quinn (aka Dr Cranky...

Published Wed, Jul 1 2009 6:30 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Admin
JetAmerica Delays Launch One Month, Screws Travelers

I don’t know how many of you brave souls actually booked a ticket on JetAmerica, but if you were planning on flying before August 14, it looks like you’re out of luck. I received an email from someone yesterday who was looking to book a flight...

Published Thu, Jul 2 2009 2:52 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Jet America
Airplane Porn: Mark Literally on AirTran

I’m going light on my post today since it’s officially a holiday here in the US. What better way to kick off the holiday weekend than with a little airplane porn? This time, there actually is a person involved, but fortunately, he is fully...

Published Fri, Jul 3 2009 4:17 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Airplane Porn, AirTran
This Week on BNET (June 29 - July 3)

Recession Means More People Travel Locally, Take Shorter Trips It’s not a surprise, but people are changing their travel habits in this economy. The numbers are sobering to see. US-EU Open Skies Phase II Talks Begin All eyes are on round two of...

Published Sat, Jul 4 2009 3:19 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Lufthansa, Frontier, Government Regulation, Continental, Boeing, Air Canada, BNET, 787
Southwest Introduces Unique Ticket Counter at LaGuardia

Last week, Southwest’s big news was that it began service to New York’s LaGuardia Airport. For me, the interesting piece wasn’t in the air but rather on the ground. Southwest has introduced a pretty interesting looking ticket counter...

Published Mon, Jul 6 2009 3:28 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, Southwest
Delta Keeps Shrinking Cincinnati but Not Memphis

On April 14, 2008, Delta and Northwest announced their merger with the promise that they would “maintain all hubs at Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York-JFK, Salt Lake City, Amsterdam and Tokyo-Narita.” I...

Published Tue, Jul 7 2009 2:59 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delta, Northwest, CVG - Cincinnati, MEM - Memphis
Anatomy of Allegiant’s Ancillary Revenue

We’ve talked a lot about how much money Allegiant is able to make on ancillary revenue, but for those who haven’t flown the airline, I thought I’d give you some insight into how they pull this off. My cousin and aunt flew from Oakland...

Published Wed, Jul 8 2009 3:32 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Allegiant
Delta and V Australia/Virgin Blue Plan Joint Venture

You know all those low fares we’ve seen on US to Australia routes lately? That’s because with two new entrants, there’s way too much capacity out there and everyone involved is bleeding as they fight for traffic. Now, those two new entrants...

Published Thu, Jul 9 2009 3:01 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delta, Virgin Blue, V Australia
Who the F*&# is Viza Air?

I love covering new airline startups, because the chances that most of them go anywhere are slim to none. It’s fun to pick these apart and to see if anyone actually puts money into them (see: JetAmerica). The latest effort we have is called Viza...

Published Fri, Jul 10 2009 3:24 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Viza Air
In the Loop Radio Guest and This Week on BNET (July 6 - 10)

I’m hijacking my usual “This Week on BNET” post with a brief plug. Minnesota Public Radio puts out a weekly podcast called In the Loop, and I was one of the guests for this week’s production. I usually do interviews on the phone...

Published Sat, Jul 11 2009 3:28 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Baggage, US Airways, Virgin America, Customer Service, Mergers/Finance, Delta, Boeing, BNET, Spirit, 787
United Delays Premium Cabin Refurbishment Again

Uh oh. It looks like United has decided to delay its refurbishment of the premium cabins on the 777 once again. Now they won’t even start until February 2010, so the problem of dramatically different premium cabin experiences is bound to continue...

Published Mon, Jul 13 2009 4:01 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Seats, 777
Southwest 737 Diverts After a Hole Appears in the Roof

Here’s a weird one for you. Yesterday, Southwest flight 2294 diverted to Charleston, West Virginia when a football-sized hole opened up in the top of the fuselage. And thanks to the magic of Twitter, someone had posted a picture from inside the...

Published Tue, Jul 14 2009 3:18 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Accidents/Incidents
Pacific Wings Stops and Restarts Hawai’i Flights, Craziness Ensues

It has been a really odd week for Pacific Wings. The airline has made its money flying nine-seaters around the Hawaiian islands to smaller cities, but in recent years it has begun to branch out on to the Mainland as well. In the last week, the airline...

Published Wed, Jul 15 2009 3:45 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Pacific Wings
Details of Obama’s Wild Plane Ride

Last year, when then-Senator Obama was busy criss-crossing the country in support of his presidential bid, he ran into some trouble on one of his flights. At the time, we were told that it wasn’t a big deal and, of course, it landed safely. But...

Published Thu, Jul 16 2009 3:06 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Accidents/Incidents, Midwest Airlines

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