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Horizon Air’s President on Future Growth and Outsourcing (Across the Aisle Interview)

And we’re back. Today, I pick up my interview with Horizon Air President Glenn Johnson by talking about future growth and Alaska’s recent decision to outsource some flying to SkyWest. [Read Part 1 of the interview] Cranky: Looking at Horizon...

Published Tue, Feb 1 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Alaska Airlines, Horizon, Across the Aisle Interviews
Air France’s Poor Handling of the Egypt Crisis Earns a Cranky Jackass Award

Over the last week, the protests in Egypt have reached a boiling point. As we all know by now, the residents of this generally peaceful country followed the lead of Tunisia and poured into the streets to try to topple the government. As people on the...

Published Thu, Feb 3 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Air France
Topic of the Week: JetBlue’s GPS

The feds have decided to let JetBlue throw a few Garmins on an airplane and use GPS instead of radar. Ok, so maybe it’s not that dramatic, but JetBlue will be installing GPS to test out the NextGen air traffic control system that has been talked...

Published Fri, Feb 4 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JetBlue
Cranky on the Web (January 31-February 4)

I’m very excited to announce that The Cranky Flier has been chosen as 2010 Blog of the Year in the Flightglobal Webbies! Alaska Airlines Becomes One of the Last Carriers to Outsource Some Flights – BNET Headwinds Alaska has decided the time...

Published Sat, Feb 5 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Air New Zealand, American, Alaska Airlines, Horizon, BNET
JetBlue’s Long Haul Flights Slowly Disappearing From Long Beach

When I saw JetBlue announce it was moving its flight to Ft Lauderdale from Long Beach to LAX, I wasn’t surprised. It was just one more step in the effort to move long hauls away from Long Beach and into LAX. Looking back at JetBlue’s nearly...

Published Mon, Feb 7 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JetBlue, LGB - Long Beach
Delta Rolls out Premium Economy on Long Haul Flights

As the new United ponders whether or not to keep its Economy Plus premium economy product, Delta has decided to jump into the game for the first time. Starting in May, you’ll be able to fly in Economy Comfort on international flights for $80 to...

Published Tue, Feb 8 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Delta
A Big Week for Cranky: Flightglobal Webbies and CNN.com

It’s a rare Wednesday post here on Cranky, but there has been some big news around these parts that I wanted to share. The first piece of news is that Cranky Flier was just named the Blog of the Year for 2010 by Flightglobal in its annual Webbies...

Published Wed, Feb 9 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Admin
Volaris Prepares For Full Scale US Invasion (and That’s a Good Thing)

If there was any doubt that Mexican airline Volaris had designs on a big US presence, those have been put to rest. After announcing a couple of new routes over the last few months, Volaris has now applied for a slew of new routes covering the country...

Published Thu, Feb 10 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Volaris
Topic of the Week: December On Time Performance

The DOT has released December on-time performance and as you would imagine, it was awful. Anything stand out for you in this month’s report? http://airconsumer.dot.gov/reports/2011/February/2011FebruaryATCR.PDF Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 11 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Operations
Cranky on the Web (February 7-11)

Airlines Start Tightening Belts as Fuel Prices Rise – BNET Headwinds Fuel prices are on the rise and that means it’s time for airlines to start revisiting growth plans. Delta’s already done it. Low-Cost Airlines: Increasingly Flying...

Published Sat, Feb 12 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, LHR - London/Heathrow, Virgin Atlantic, BNET
Why United Can’t Use Its Own 757s to Fly to Europe

It was just announced that the new United will start flying 757s from Washington to Europe for the first time when it adds a second daily flight to Paris. This has a lot of people wondering why United never bothered doing this before. After all, pre-merger...

Published Mon, Feb 14 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Continental, 757
Touring the New Heathrow Terminal 5

I know it’s been a month, but I’ve still had a few posts on the backburner from my London trip. You didn’t think I’d stop posting without something on Heathrow’s Terminal 5, did you? I spent a fair bit of time in the terminal...

Published Tue, Feb 15 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: British Airways, LHR - London/Heathrow
Delta’s Decision to Eliminate SkyMiles Expiration Seems Goofy

By now you’ve probably heard that Delta has decided that its SkyMiles will no longer expire. There have been plenty of stories reacting positively to this move, but to be quite honest, it doesn’t make a ton of sense to me. In the past, legacy...

Published Thu, Feb 17 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delta
Topic of the Week: United Grounds 757s

United had to ground its fleet of 757s this week because of a check that it failed to complete on a computer a few years back. Any thoughts on this? Read More...

Published Fri, Feb 18 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United
Cranky on the Web (February 14-18)

The long and short of ‘premium economy’ – CNN Out of the Office This week, I look at premium economy options in light of Delta’s decision to introduce it’s own version. Delta Sees Empty Seats in January, but That May Not...

Published Sat, Feb 19 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delta, BNET

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