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Virgin Australia Goes on a Buying Spree, Singapore Joins the Fun

We’ve all been preoccupied here in the US with the weather, but meanwhile big things have been happening down in Australia. In fact, I’d call it huge news from Virgin Australia this week when it decided to buy Skywest (the Aussie-based one...

Published Thu, Nov 1 2012 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Singapore Airlines, Virgin Australia
Singapore Ditches the A340-500, An Airplane That Was Destined for Mediocrity at Best

Singapore Airlines has announced a big order for a slew of new aircraft from Airbus including more A380s and some new A350s. But buried in the release is the news that Airbus will take back the five A340-500 aircraft in the Singapore fleet. That means...

Published Thu, Oct 25 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Singapore Airlines, Airbus
Topic of the Week: Scoot

Singapore Airlines announced this week that its new low cost carriers will be called . . . Scoot. The airline will start flying 777s to Australia and Asia at first and expand beyond there. Does it have a shot at success? Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 4 2011 10:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Singapore Airlines
Cranky on the Web (October 26 – 30)

Continental Joins Star Alliance Tomorrow – BNET Continental is in no-man’s land as they end their SkyTeam participation and prepare for Star Alliance. Ontario’s Air Traffic Glut Draws Anger Toward LA – BNET Ontario’s traffic...

Published Sat, Oct 31 2009 5:51 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, JetBlue, Southwest, Singapore Airlines, Continental, Fares, BNET, ONT - Ontario
This Week on BNET (Sep 8 - 12)

American Preparing to Expand International 757 Flying American is putting a true premium cabin on 18 757s so it can start doing more long haul international. What new routes might we see? United Stock Tanks on False Bankruptcy Rumors It was a seemingly...

Published Sat, Sep 13 2008 3:06 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Technology, Schedule Changes, Singapore Airlines, Seats, Mergers/Finance, Inflight Entertainment, Fares, Air New Zealand, American, Advertising, 757
NBTA: Qantas and Singapore’s Battle of the Suites

It’s Friday, so let’s just forget about reality and move into the world of the super rich and famous. The hot trend these days? Private suites doubling as First Class. Emirates, Qantas, and Singapore are all entering the ring as are others...

Published Fri, Aug 1 2008 3:34 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Singapore Airlines, Seats, Emirates, A380, Qantas
Palmair: One of the Top Four Airlines in the World

Regular readers of the blog know that I’m not a fan of all these “Best of” surveys. That’s why I haven’t written about JD Power’s boring surveys or anything else like that. But, when a survey has an interesting angle...

Published Mon, Jun 30 2008 3:32 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, Jet Airways, Surveys, Palmair
Singapore’s No-Win Decision to Go All Business Class on Ultra Long Haul

I was going to follow up yesterday’s post with some more detailed notes from the US Airways Media Day, but then I figured you guys are probably sick of hearing about it. Maybe I’ll post it in the next couple of days. Instead, let’s talk...

Published Tue, Mar 4 2008 4:01 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Singapore Airlines, Seats

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