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My Late Discussion About Air Asia X Pulling Out of Europe

This isn’t exactly breaking news, but it is something that I’ve been meaning to cover since it was announced back in January. Air Asia X, the long haul arm of successful low cost carrier Air Asia, has cut its European and Indian services to...

Published Thu, Mar 1 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Air Asia
Topic of the Week: Frontier Picks Up Where Southwest Leaves

Frontier has been busy quickly picking up routes that Southwest has decided to have AirTran abandon. We’ll see nonstops from Orlando to Allentown (PA), Harrisburg (PA), and Bloomington/Normal (IL). Its flight from Orlando to Madison (WI) will go...

Published Fri, Mar 2 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Southwest
Cranky on the Web (February 27 – March 2)

It’s Not Actually News When a Plane’s Landing Gear Doesn’t Go Down – Conde Nast Daily Traveler A United Express flight had its nose gear fail to extend earlier this week. This shouldn’t be news. In the Trenches: Defining...

Published Fri, Mar 2 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Accidents/Incidents
United’s Reservation System Switch Goes Well With Only Minor Glitches

If you believed the headlines, you’d think that United had melted down over the weekend when it finally retired its Apollo computer reservation system in favor of a version of Continental’s SHARES system to form one airline from the customer...

Published Mon, Mar 5 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Mergers/Finance
American Rolls Out Its Version of Economy Plus, er Economy Comfort, er . . .

When it first started talking about the interiors of its new 777-300ER aircraft, American said it would have a premium economy section. I secretly hoped that it would be the first true premium economy cabin in the US, but we later learned that it would...

Published Tue, Mar 6 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Seats, American
Cape Air’s Reservation System Transition to ITA Was So Good, You Didn’t Know It Even Happened

All the talk this week has been about United’s massive reservation system transition, but that wasn’t the only move of this type in the last couple weeks. Cape Air made the switch recently to a brand new airline reservation system made by...

Published Thu, Mar 8 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Technology, Cape Air
Topic of the Week: New Flights in Washington

Ok, Bill from DC, this one is for you. Let’s talk new flights at Washington/National airport. There is a lot going on these days. American will use an exemption to fly from National to LA Delta will use an exemption to add a 2nd daily flight from...

Published Fri, Mar 9 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: DCA - Washington/National
Cranky on the Web (March 5 – 9)

Do babies and first class mix? – CNN Out of the Office I brought the babies in first class debate over to CNN this week, and I used comments from a lot of you to add to the discussion. Staying Power: In a mobile world airlines and passengers are...

Published Sat, Mar 10 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Technology
Why American’s Revenue Plans Aren’t Good Enough and a Merger Is Needed

I came across a really interesting research note on American last week that I thought was worth discussing here. Jamie Baker at JP Morgan put out a note entitled “AMR v6.0: Additional Thoughts on Consolidation.” There’s been a lot of...

Published Mon, Mar 12 2012 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, American
Pacific Wings Earns the Cranky Jackass Award For a Spiteful Website

The EAS Flights blog stumbled on something yesterday that may be a new low for this industry. In fact, it’s childish enough that the owner of the website, Pacific Wings, has earned itself the Cranky Jackass Award. What did the airline do that was...

Published Tue, Mar 13 2012 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Cranky Jackass, Pacific Wings
Onboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Don’t get too excited. I didn’t actually get to fly on one. But I did get invited to come take a tour of a 787 while it was on the ground here in Long Beach as part of a tour around North America. Of course, I was thrilled to do it. I had...

Published Thu, Mar 15 2012 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: LGB - Long Beach, Boeing, 787
Topic of the Week: Will Kingfisher Survive?

Kingfisher appears to be on its last legs. It has canceled all international flights and pared back domestic runs. The airline, which was supposed to be India’s entry into oneworld, is now simply fighting for life. Will it survive or is it toast...

Published Fri, Mar 16 2012 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Kingfisher
Cranky on the Web (March 12 – 16)

GUEST POST: Yee HAW! Cranky Flier An LA Airports Roundup!! – Aviation Queen The Queen asked for guest posts, and I was happy to oblige. I always like to talk airports with her, so this time, I did a little SoCal round-up. Bob Hope Airport faces...

Published Sat, Mar 17 2012 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, LGB - Long Beach, BUR - Burbank, ONT - Ontario
Why is the DOT Wasting Time With Fuel Surcharges?

Another week, another wasted effort by the Department of Transportation (DOT). This week, it’s a look at the latest guidance on fuel surcharges. Surcharges aren’t understood very well by much of the traveling public, and it seems like the...

Published Mon, Mar 19 2012 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Government Regulation
A Primer on US Aviation Taxes That Apply on Domestic Flights

After seeing the comments on yesterday’s post about fuel surcharges, it dawned on me that there’s probably not a great understanding out there around exactly which fees and taxes are imposed upon travel in the US. I thought I’d take...

Published Tue, Mar 20 2012 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Government Regulation

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