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Delta Adds Wifi to Regional Jets, Gets Closer to Matching the Mainline Experience

For years, we’ve all put up with airlines having two types of onboard products. They had the mainline product on larger airplanes actually flown by that airline and then they had the regional product for those flights on smaller airplanes operated...

Published Tue, Nov 30 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Inflight Entertainment, Delta
United CEO Discusses Whether Cleveland Can Support a Hub, I Remain Skeptical

A favorite pastime in airline mergers is to guess which routes stay and which routes go. When it comes to the United/Continental merger, most of the talk in that arena has focused on little Cleveland. Will it be able to keep a hub in the new combined...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United
Cranky on the Web (November 22-26)

Qantas A380: Now We Know Why the Planes Were Grounded — and It’s Scary – BNET Headwinds As more details on the A380 grounding come out, it becomes more clear why Qantas grounded the airplane. Aggrieved Fliers Ask, ‘What Now?’ – The New York...

Published Sat, Nov 27 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Accidents/Incidents, A380, Qantas
Topic of the Week: The True Meaning of Thanksgiving

I hope you’re all filled with turkey and stuffing after yesterday. Now, let’s talk about how your trip out was. Did you get stuck in any long lines? Bad weather? Horrible delays? Or did everything go just fine? Robert Stack is once again here...

Published Fri, Nov 26 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Miscellaneous
It’s Body Scanner Opt-Out Day but I Don’t Support the Protest

I know it’s Wednesday and I should be going dark, but with Thanksgiving tomorrow, I decided to switch things around and post today instead. Here we are on November 24, and if one group has its way the lines will be jammed at airports. If you’re...

Published Wed, Nov 24 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Safety/Security
Delta Brings Unique Quick Dining to JFK

If there’s one area where Delta is really working to do some innovative stuff, it’s in airport dining. The airline has already made some major changes at LaGuardia, and now Delta is doing something cool at JFK. If you’re flying through...

Published Tue, Nov 23 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delta, JFK - New York/JFK
A Modest Proposal on Tarmac Delays

It looks like my wish for a more thorough review of tarmac delays has been answered. Instead of the off-the-cuff claim of victory that the Department of Transportation (DOT) has been espousing, Darryl Jenkins and Josh Marks went back after their preliminary...

Published Mon, Nov 22 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Government Regulation
Cranky on the Web (November 15-19)

good news, bad news from cranky – Anti-Bride It’s another good news, bad news roundtrip on antibride.com. Qantas A380: Rolls-Royce Eats Crow, May Replace Dozens of Engines – BNET Headwinds The problems with Rolls Royce engines on the...

Published Sat, Nov 20 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: American, BNET, 787
Topic of the Week: The New American Airlines Homepage

A bunch of you asked for discussion topics on Fridays, so I thought I’d give it a shot. This week, let’s talk about the new AA.com homepage. Like Delta did, American has refreshed its homepage but nothing else just yet. There were two things...

Published Fri, Nov 19 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: American
Allegiant Delays Hawai’i Until 2012, Goes Head-to-Head with JetBlue

Allegiant gave an investor presentation this week, and there were a lot of juicy nuggets of info in there. It looks like Hawai’i is delayed thanks to regulatory issues, and the airline seems to be experimenting with a route that JetBlue already...

Published Thu, Nov 18 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Allegiant
Alliances Look to Cement Standing in Latin America with Recent Moves

It’s been a busy year south of the US border with all three alliances trying to make big land grabs in Latin America. So far, it looks like Star Alliance and oneworld are doing the best with Skyteam coming in a sad third. But these alliance loyalties...

Published Tue, Nov 16 2010 3:58 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: SkyTeam, Star Alliance, Oneworld, LAN, Alliances, Avianca, TACA
Two Airlines to Stop Reporting On Time Performance

Bad news for fans of transparency. According to PlaneBusiness, Both Comair and Pinnacle, regionals operating primarily for Delta, will stop reporting their on time performance information to the Department of Transportation (DOT). That sucks, but it’s...

Published Mon, Nov 15 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Pinnacle, Comair
Cranky on the Web (November 8-12)

Qantas A380: Airline Earns Black Eye for Poor Customer Response to Crisis – BNET Headwinds The Qantas A380 problems continue, but this time it’s not the airplane that I’m talking about. It’s the customer response. Executive guide...

Published Sat, Nov 13 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin America, Delta, BNET, A380, Qantas, Labor Relations
Experimenting with a Little Less Cranky

You guys know that I love writing Cranky, but there’s one problem. I’m spending too much time writing it and not making enough money in return. So, I’m going to do a little experiment between now and the end of the year. Instead of daily...

Published Fri, Nov 12 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Admin
Alitalia May Try to Sell Itself to Air France/KLM

It’s time for an Alitalia update, and I can’t say I’m happy about this one. Not only is Alitalia making money, but it may try to sell itself to Air France/KLM (even though success seems unlikely). This airline just haven’t given...

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

Filed under: Alitalia

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