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American’s Apparent Labor Peace with Rampers Appears to be a Sham

It’s been nearly two months since I last wrote about American here. Maybe it’s that they haven’t had much news or maybe it’s just that they don’t really reach out to bloggers very often. Either way, I thought it would be...

Published Tue, Jun 1 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: American, Labor Relations
Jetstar Plans iPad Inflight Entertainment Plan; Do We Really Need That?

Jetstar, the low fare unit of Qantas, has announced that it will roll out iPads to provide inflight entertainment. This may sound like a great idea to you Apple-lovers, but there are a couple of flaws with this plan. The idea makes sense theoretically...

Published Wed, Jun 2 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Inflight Entertainment, Jetstar
New Proposed DOT Rules Aren’t Bad

Round two of the Department of Transportation’s proposed “Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections” rule is out, and you probably assume that I’m going to say this is an awful thing, right? Wrong. There’s actually not much...

Published Thu, Jun 3 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Government Regulation
SWISS Brings Its New Business Class Seat to San Francisco

Greetings from San Francisco. I came up this week for a couple of reasons, but most interesting was the launch of SWISS service to Zurich. I don’t usually travel for route launches, but this had several interesting aspects that made it worth the...

Published Fri, Jun 4 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Swiss
Cranky on the Web (June 1-4)

As the Regional Flight Market Shrinks, Airlines Need New Strategies to Survive – BNET Regionals have had a rough few years, and now they need to plot their strategies for survival. Some are more creative than others. Summer air travel’s up...

Published Sat, Jun 5 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, JetBlue, American, BNET, Atlantic Southeast
Swiss CEO Harry Hohmeister on SFO, the Multi Hub Strategy (Across the Aisle)

Last week, I was in San Francisco for the Swiss launch of service, and I was given the unique opportunity to sit with Swiss CEO Harry Hohmeister on the ride down from his hotel to SFO. We talked about a broad range of topics and he was very upfront about...

Published Mon, Jun 7 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Swiss, Across the Aisle Interviews
Swiss By the Bay (Trip Report)

Well, I was home for almost a week this time before hitting the road again. Fortunately, this time it didn’t involve a time change and it was a mere 1 hour flight up north. I decided to take the trip in order to see the Swiss inaugural out of SFO...

Published Tue, Jun 8 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JetBlue, Trip Reports
Swiss CEO Harry Hohmeister on Onboard Product, Europe, and Labor (Across the Aisle)

And we’re back with part two of my interview. By this point, we were furiously bouncing down the 101 on our way to SFO, so I had to work hard to fit all my questions in. Cranky: Talking about the onboard product. I saw the new seats yesterday in...

Published Wed, Jun 9 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Swiss, Across the Aisle Interviews
Delta Nearly Completes Wifi Installation, Now What?

Delta’s promised wifi updates have been few and far between, but yesterday we found out that the airline is basically done with its plans. Now that they have an armada of wifi-equipped planes, what are they going to do with them? The A319, MD88...

Published Thu, Jun 10 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Inflight Entertainment, Delta
Extreme Makeover: Virgin Blue Edition

Anyone been paying attention to things down under lately? Virgin Blue has a new boss, and he’s apparently bringing his previous experience with Qantas with him. There are going to be a lot of changes in the next year, and those will all be aimed...

Published Thu, Jun 10 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin Blue
Cranky on the Web (June 7-11)

Delta + AirElite Charter Operation = Corporate Bigwig Airlines – BNET Delta’s looking to combine corporate charter with commercial ops. Good stuff. Airline satisfaction at three-year high – Marketplace JD Power came out with its annual...

Published Sat, Jun 12 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin America, Delta, BNET, Corporate Aviation
Pilot Strike Could Be the End of Spirit As We Know Them

I hope everyone had a good weekend. Of course, if you had plane tickets on Spirit, it was far from it. The pilots went on strike in the wee hours on Saturday morning and flights were canceled from that point on. As this now stretches into day 3, it is...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Labor Relations, Spirit
A Delta Hub In St Louis? Yeah, Right

One of the more laughable rumors in recent memory has come to the surface in recent days. The rumorville is buzzing with the possibility of a Delta hub in St Louis. What a stupid idea. This rumor is either completely wrong or Delta is a lot dumber than...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delta, STL - St Louis
Jetstar Focuses Singapore Long Haul On Oceania

There had been plenty of speculation that Jetstar’s next long haul move would be Singapore to both Europe and North Asia. It looks like they’ve decided to put that on hold in favor of more Oceania flying. I wonder if Air Asia X has anything...

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Jetstar
Delta Gets a Cranky Jackass Award for Misleading One Way Award Travel

Let me make something very clear: Never, ever book one way award travel on Delta. Not only is the value poor compared to other airlines, but their screwy system overcharges you above and beyond that. It’s so misleading, that I’ve decided it’s...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delta

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