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Feds Inflict Far Less Pain on Continental and United Than Attempted with the US Airways/Delta Slot Swap

In the immortal words of Dennis Hopper (rest in peace, you crazy ***) . . . pop quiz, hotshot. Let’s say that you’ve been presented three deals impacting the most dominant airline at a highly-congested airport. You can approve one. Which would...

Published Tue, Aug 31 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, US Airways, Continental, Mergers/Finance, Delta, LGA - New York/La Guardia, DCA - Washington/National
Southwest To Fly to Newark Thanks to United/Continental Merger

On Friday afternoon, Southwest announced it came to an agreement with Continental to lease 36 slots at Newark. Holy crap. Has hell frozen over? Nah. Just two hours later, Continental and United announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has found...

Published Mon, Aug 30 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Southwest, Continental, Mergers/Finance
Cranky on the Web (August 21-27)

Some feel blue as United, Continental wedding mixes old, new – Chicago Tribune The Trib looks at the United/Continental branding efforts, and I chime in with why I’m not a fan of what I’ve seen so far. American’s Express Seats: How Not...

Published Sat, Aug 28 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, US Airways, Safety/Security, Continental, Mergers/Finance, American, Alaska Airlines, Horizon, BNET
Travel Tools I (Might) Love: Hipmunk

If you haven’t heard of Hipmunk, it’s no surprise. The site only launched in the last couple of weeks, but it’s off to a good start. If you book flights, it’s a site you’re going to want to bookmark. Hipmunk has the potential...

Published Fri, Aug 27 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Travel Tools I Love
David Neeleman on What’s Wrong with JetBlue and How to Fix It (Across the Aisle, Part 3)

And now, it’s time to talk JetBlue. When I read a recent article where David Neelman talked about JetBlue, I thought he sounded bitter, so I had to ask. It’s clear that he’s still bugged by what happened at JetBlue, and as a shareholder...

Published Thu, Aug 26 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JetBlue, Across the Aisle Interviews, Azul
David Neeleman on Azul’s Decision to Use Embraers and ATR Turboprops (Across the Aisle, Part 2)

Welcome back for part two of my talk with David Neeleman, founder of JetBlue and now current founder and CEO of Azul in Brazil. Yesterday in part one, we talked about starting up an airline in fast-growing Brazil, and some of the challenges involved....

Published Wed, Aug 25 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JetBlue, Across the Aisle Interviews, Azul
David Neeleman on Building an Airline in Fast-Growing Brazil (Across the Aisle, Part 1)

I had the pleasure of speaking with David Neeleman last week on a variety of subjects. David is best known for founding JetBlue, an airline which effectively fired him after the operational melt down on that cold wintry Valentine’s Day weekend back...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JetBlue, Across the Aisle Interviews, Azul
Mexicana Surpasses Alitalia as the Worst Airline Ever

Today is an historic day. For the first time in years, Alitalia is no longer the worst airline ever. Mexicana’s slow and painful demise has caused so many problems for so many people that the airline has won its place as the new worst airline ever...

Published Mon, Aug 23 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Mexicana
Cranky on the Web (August 16-20)

Weak July Traffic Shows Allegiant Lost Altitude – BNET Headwinds Allegiant saw weaker traffic numbers in July. It’s not what you expect from an airline that continues to find ways to fill more and more seats. LAN-TAM Merger: U.S. Carriers...

Published Sat, Aug 21 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, JetBlue, Southwest, LAN, Allegiant, BNET, Labor Relations
Qatar Airways on Codesharing and Competition (Across the Aisle, Part Two)

Yesterday in part one of my discussion with Qatar Airways Senior VP of the America Tony Hughes, we were just getting warmed up. Today in part two, we get right into the meaty issues of codesharing and competition. Cranky: Middle Eastern carriers tend...

Published Fri, Aug 20 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Across the Aisle Interviews, Qatar Airways
Discussing Qatar Airways Strategy, and How to Pronounce Its Name (Across the Aisle, Part One)

I had the chance to speak with Qatar Airways’ Tony Hughes recently and had a fascinating conversation. Tony is the Senior VP for the Americas, so he runs the show here in the western hemisphere. I started with most basic question – how do...

Published Thu, Aug 19 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Across the Aisle Interviews, Qatar Airways
Cranky Concierge Adds Small Business Program, More Discounts, and Our Newest Concierge

I haven’t written about Cranky Concierge much here lately, but things have been going quite well. We’ve just finished a banner week where we followed near 50 people heading to a conference, we’ve added more discounts for clients, we’ve...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Cranky Concierge
US Airways Grows LaGuardia at Delta’s Expense

A couple weeks ago, I said that Delta’s growth in Washington smelled fishy. Now, US Airways is doing the same thing in New York at LaGuardia. Now the fishy smell is going away. It’s all becoming clear now. US Airways looks to be smacking Delta...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Delta, LGA - New York/La Guardia
DOT Claim of 3 Hour Rule Success is Superficial and Contradicts DOT’s Previous Stance

It was just last month that the Department of Transportation (DOT) said not to rush to judgment after seeing more cancellations and slightly fewer 3 hour delays in May. We needed more time, they said. Well apparently the DOT only thinks that’s the...

Published Mon, Aug 16 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delays/Cancellations, Air Traffic Control, Weather
Cranky on the Web (August 9-13)

Why is SkyWest Buying ExpressJet? – BNET Headwinds You’ve probably been wondering why I was silent on this, but it was just a backlog of posts on the BNET site. Why Delta Airlines Decided to Invade Iceland – BNET Headwinds Delta’s...

Published Sat, Aug 14 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JetBlue, Mergers/Finance, ExpressJet, SkyWest, BNET

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