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• This Week on BNET (August 11 - 15)

  How Important is Aircraft Type? Do people really care what type of plane they’re flying on? A report from Boeing says that they do, but I’m not entirely convinced on this one. Air Canada’s Olympic Ads Work, United’s Don’t United and Air Canada... Posted Aug 16 2008, 04:17 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Government Regulation, British Airways, American, Boeing, Air Canada, Northwest, Advertising, Airbus

• This Week on BNET (August 4 - 8)

  American’s Pilot Fighting for Compensation Restoration Once Again Once again, American’s pilots are fighting for “compensation restoration,” but take a look and you’ll see a very flimsy and inaccurate argument. Frontier Gets Another... Posted Aug 09 2008, 04:47 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Frontier, Southwest, Mergers/Finance, American, Delta, Northwest, Midwest Airlines, BNET, Labor Relations

• Boarding Pass Ads and Privacy Worries

  Am I the only one who thinks this whole boarding pass advertising thing is a little creepy? It’s not the concept that bothers me. You want to throw some ads on my boarding pass? Go ahead. It’s the fact that they’re using my demographics... Posted Jul 17 2008, 03:35 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, US Airways, Continental, American, Delta, Northwest, Advertising

• Yapta’s Glitch-Filled Launch On the Web

  Has anyone had the chance to check out Yapta yet? The site originally launched as a way to see if the price of a ticket you had purchased had gone down. Since some airlines will give you a credit if the fare goes down, this could be a handy little tool... Posted Jul 15 2008, 03:35 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Technology, JetBlue, Fares, Northwest, Distribution

• Delta Cuts LAX

  The writing had likely been on the wall for sometime, but it looks like Delta’s experiment in building up LAX is coming to a rapid end. Last week, Delta and ExpressJet announced that their agreement (covering 23 regional jets) would end on September... Posted Jul 07 2008, 03:41 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Schedule Changes, LAX - Los Angeles, Delta, Northwest, ExpressJet

• Canceled by Midwest, But All is Not Lost

  After I wrote my post “Booking A Flight In a Time of Uncertainty,” I knew it was bound to bite me. Sure enough, it happened yesterday when Midwest canceled one of my flights this summer. Though that’s a big deal to me, you guys probably... Posted May 30 2008, 04:11 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Schedule Changes, Northwest, Midwest Airlines

• Garrison Keillor on Northwest

  I wouldn’t necessarily consider myself a huge fan of Garrison Keillor’s work, but it’s not like I dislike him either. I’m just sort of ambivalent. But every so often I come across a column of his that I really enjoy. Before I left... Posted May 06 2008, 03:53 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Delta, Northwest

• Delta and Northwest Announce Merger: It’s About F*@king Time

  It’s on like Donkey Kong. Yesterday, Northwest and Delta finally announced that they would merge. This of course follows speculation that began back in 1932 when C.E. Woolman and Lewis Brittin first discussed such a possibility. Now, before I go... Posted Apr 15 2008, 03:53 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Mergers/Finance, Delta, Northwest