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Some of Last Year’s SCASD Winners Have Seen Success

It looks like this has turned into Small Community Air Service Development (SCASD) week here on the blog. Monday, I looked at the winners of the 2012 grants that I liked. Tuesday I looked at the ones I didn’t like. But there were a lot of requests...

Published Thu, Aug 23 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Government Regulation
Topic of the Week: Will Virgin Atlantic Actually Fly Short Haul?

Virgin Atlantic made a little noise earlier this week when it announced it would begin three daily flights between Manchester and London/Heathrow using leased A319s. Will this actually happen? My money says it’s just political positioning as part...

Published Fri, Aug 24 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin Atlantic
Cranky on the Web (August 20 – 24)

When Children Fly Alone (Radio Appearance) – The Kojo Nnamdi Show I was asked to come on to talk about the whole United unaccompanied minor fiasco. You can listen to the segment as the link above. In the Trenches: Why We Do This – Intuit Small...

Published Sat, Aug 25 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Frontier
Island Air’s CEO on the Airline’s Growth and Rebranding (Across the Aisle)

Recently, little Island Air of Hawai’i decided that it was time to rebrand. The new logo and marketing effort was meant to support the airline in a new direction, mostly visibly in the form of new ATR aircraft. In general, I think airlines are way...

Published Mon, Aug 27 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Across the Aisle Interviews, Island Air
Spirit and Allegiant Have On Time Performance Problems

It turns out United isn’t the only airline suffering from poor on time performance these days. Spirit hasn’t had more than 70 percent of flights arrive on time since April while Allegiant seems to be in the same boat. That’s not good...

Published Tue, Aug 28 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Allegiant, Spirit
How Do Airlines Deliver Airplanes Long Distances? (Ask Cranky)

It’s been awhile since I’ve done an Ask Cranky post, so I figured we were long overdue. Here’s a question that I imagine a lot of people are curious about. If you ever have the time, can you please write a blog about how airplanes get...

Published Thu, Aug 30 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Ask Cranky
Topic of the Week: Mark Your Calendars for a Cranky Dorkfest on September 29 at LAX

We had a great time last August getting together for In ‘n Out and plane-spotting, so I thought I’d do it again. But this time, I’ve decided to think about all you poor airline employees who might want to come if you can find a seat...

Published Fri, Aug 31 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Admin

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