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United Announces Onboard Wifi, But It’s Hardly a Ringing Endorsement

Earlier this week, United announced that it will finally put wifi onboard about 200 of its airplanes. You would think that this would finally resolve the wifi question at the new world’s largest airline, but it doesn’t. I imagine this was...

Published Thu, Mar 24 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Continental, Inflight Entertainment
Topic of the Week: Vision’s Ongoing Sales

Once again, Vision Airlines has extended its fare sale for its new routes from the Florida Panhandle “due to overwhelming response.” I think we all know what that means. At the same time, some routes have been cut before they even began, like...

Published Fri, Mar 25 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Vision Airlines
Cranky on the Web (March 21-25)

Fuel hedging no guarantee for airlines – CNN Out of the Office Following up on last week, this week I wrote about fuel hedging and why airlines don’t actually have fuel prices locked in, for the most part. How Not to Design a Website, Courtesy...

Published Sat, Mar 26 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Fuel
Alaska Had a Bad Weekend But Shows How to Communicate When Things Get Ugly

If you were flying on Alaska Airlines this weekend, you had a rough go of it. The airline’s computer systems crashed and that meant plenty of delays and cancellations. Unlike Southwest in its meltdown earlier this month, however, Alaska handled...

Published Mon, Mar 28 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delays/Cancellations, Alaska Airlines, Horizon
Iberia Launches LAX Flight, But Can We Really Thank American and British Airways?

Last night, I attended the launch of Iberia’s new flight from LA to Madrid. This has been hailed as a product of the joint venture between British Airways/Iberia (now under the same ownership) and American Airlines. Is that really true? Yes and...

Published Tue, Mar 29 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: British Airways, American
What Happens After You Check Your Bag

Yesterday, I attended the official launch of a new inline baggage screening system in Delta’s Terminal 5 at LAX. After taking the tour, it dawned on me that a lot of people probably don’t know what happens to their bags after they kiss them...

Published Thu, Mar 31 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, Delta

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