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Cranky on the Web (February 22 – 26)

First Class is Disappearing in Name Only – BNET Qantas is the latest to reduce First Class onboard, but it’s not really going away. It’s just changing names. Premium Air Traffic Surpasses Previous Year for First Time Since 2008 –...

Published Sat, Feb 27 2010 3:40 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, British Airways, American, Alaska Airlines, Qantas
How Frontier Got Me to Pay More for a Connecting Flight Than a Nonstop

I’ve long sung the praises of Air Canada’s efforts to create fare product categories, but really, I’ve never gone through the purchase process for my own ticket. When Frontier adopted a similar structure, I felt the same way, but again...

Published Fri, Feb 26 2010 3:37 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Fares
Only Two Airlines Left Flying a Douglas Widebody Commercially

This week Finnair Western, American, United, and even Delta (when they briefly operated the DC-10s they inherited from Western) to Hawai’i. I even flew on some more interesting characters – World Airways when they had scheduled flights, for...

Published Thu, Feb 25 2010 4:13 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: DC-10, KLM, Biman Bangladesh
Branson Airport Wants More Flights, Builds Own Airline

Long-time readers of the blog know that I’ve been following the development of Branson airport with interest. I even took a tour of the place back in 2008 when they were still building it out. Branson has actually done a decent job of attracting...

Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 2:40 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: ExpressJet, BKG - Branson
Entire European Continent Goes on Strike

Ah, spring. The days become longer, the temps get warmer, and, apparently, it’s a great time for airline strikes. Lufthansa pilots just struck for a day and postponed the rest for later. Meanwhile, British Airways is on deck as the French air traffic...

Published Tue, Feb 23 2010 3:58 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, British Airways, Alitalia, Labor Relations
St Louis: The Incredible Shrinking Airport

Lambert-St Louis International Airport is a hub without an airline. It has been struggling with the dramatic drop in traffic since TWA went under and American slowly culled the remains, and now it’s trying to reconfigure itself to be a smaller airport...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 3:44 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: STL - St Louis
Cranky on the Web (February 16 – 19)

too fat to fly? know before you go – antibride Another day, another fat person is angry that they were bumped for needing two seats. Don’t let it happen to you. United Most On-Time for 2009? Count Us Skeptical – BNET United is claiming...

Published Sat, Feb 20 2010 3:29 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, BNET
Why Do Two Flights Cost Less Than One? (Ask Cranky)

It’s time for another episode of Ask Cranky. I’ve received this question in many different forms ever since my days doing airline pricing, so I thought now would be a good time to answer it. Why is it cheaper for me to fly from Fairbanks,...

Published Fri, Feb 19 2010 3:06 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Fares, Ask Cranky
British Airways Rolls Out Its Updated First Class

While some airlines are moving away from First Class, British Airways continues to embrace it. They’ve just rolled out the latest version of their First Class product, and it seems very, well, British. I like that about BA, even though I highly...

Published Thu, Feb 18 2010 3:55 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Seats, British Airways
US Airlines Begin The Fight for Tokyo Haneda Slots

Now that Japan Air Lines has decided to stick with American, it looks like this whole US-Japan open skies deal will go through. And when that happens, the US will have four slot pairs to dole out to US carriers who want to fly between the US and Haneda...

Published Wed, Feb 17 2010 3:33 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Government Regulation
Airline Schedule Padding Isn’t Cheating

There are plenty of people out there who think the airlines are trying to “cheat” when they pad their flight schedules to account for delays, but I don’t get it. That is not what’s going on here. What they’re really doing...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2010 3:52 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Operations
American and British Airways Finally Receive Alliance Approval From the US (Tentatively)

About 10 minutes after the Wright Brothers put their first airplane into the air, American and British Airways applied for blanket codesharing and antitrust immunity. More than 100 years later, their wish has finally been granted, at least by the US authorities...

Published Mon, Feb 15 2010 4:12 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Oneworld, British Airways, American
Cranky on the Web (February 8 – 12)

Social Media May be Hot, But It’s Not for Everyone – BNET I look at social media at the Singapore Airshow to figure out why it matters. (In this case, I don’t think it does.) Two Reasons Why Japan Air Lines Chose American and oneworld...

Published Sat, Feb 13 2010 3:33 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Oneworld, Air New Zealand, American, JAL, BNET
American’s Spin On Ending Same Day Standby Earns the Cranky Jackass Award

Earlier this week, American decided to stop offering free same day standby to customers who aren’t elite members in the AAdvantage program. While I’m sure some are steaming over the move, I’m not. It actually makes sense to me. I’m...

Published Fri, Feb 12 2010 3:34 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Cranky Jackass, American
DOT Attaches Foolish Conditions to US Airways and Delta Slot Swap in New York and Washington

The DOT has decided that the proposed Delta/US Airways slot swap in New York and Washington is perfectly acceptable . . . as long as the airlines agree to sell off a bunch of the slots to new entrants first. I will be shocked if the airlines go for it...

Published Thu, Feb 11 2010 3:27 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Delta, LGA - New York/La Guardia, DCA - Washington/National

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