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• SkyWest to Start Flying for AirTran in Milwaukee

  You cheeseheads may still be hurting from your second Favre-related beatdown this year, but you can rejoice that you now have yet another airline coming to town. SkyWest (yes, the regional airline) will begin flying for AirTran in Milwaukee. It’s... Posted Nov 05 2009, 03:28 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: AirTran, MKE - Milwaukee, SkyWest, Midwest Airlines

• If You Want to Try Wifi Onboard, You’ll Have Plenty of Free Chances

  It’s no surprise that when you make something completely free, people use it a lot more often than if you make them pay. Duh. And that’s why it’s not surprising to see airlines scrambling to find a way to offer wireless internet for... Posted Nov 03 2009, 02:31 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: AirTran, American, Inflight Entertainment, Virgin America

• JetBlue Tweaks Its Colors While AirTran Unveils a Beauty (Airplane Porn)

  Guess what time it is, kids? It’s airplane porn time! You know how much I love airplane porn, and we’ve got two good ones this week with JetBlue and AirTran. Let’s start with JetBlue. The buzz started last week that JetBlue would be... Posted Oct 14 2009, 03:09 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Airplane Porn, AirTran, JetBlue

• An Onboard Wifi Update

  I’m at the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) conference this week, and I spent awhile chatting with the folks at AirCell (provider of wifi fun) yesterday. That made me think it was a good time for a wifi update, especially since there... Posted Aug 25 2009, 04:05 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: AirTran, Alaska Airlines, American, Continental, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Technology, Virgin America, US Airways, United

• Delta, US Airways, Continental, and AirTran Swap DC and NY Slots

  Isn’t August supposed to be a pretty light month for airline news? This week has been absolutely packed with headlines, and I’m getting tired. Today I’m rolling a couple stories together that involve slot swaps. One (between US Airways... Posted Aug 13 2009, 03:35 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: AirTran, Continental, DCA - Washington/National, Delta, LGA - New York/La Guardia, US Airways

• Airplane Porn: Mark Literally on AirTran

  I’m going light on my post today since it’s officially a holiday here in the US. What better way to kick off the holiday weekend than with a little airplane porn? This time, there actually is a person involved, but fortunately, he is fully... Posted Jul 03 2009, 04:17 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Airplane Porn, AirTran

• First Cranky Podcast - Mark Malkoff Calls From an AirTran Lav

  It turns out that my challenge to meet with Mark Malkoff, the man spending a month straight on AirTran airplanes, has paid off . . . sort of. It wasn’t in person, so I couldn’t bring him any food, but he did call me from an AirTran lav Tuesday... Posted Jun 24 2009, 03:03 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: AirTran, Podcast

• A Challenge For Mark Malkoff, AirTran Passenger Extraordinaire

  Have you ever heard of comedian Mark Malkoff? Neither have I, and I’m guessing that’s why he was willing to subject himself to some of the worst torture ever invented. Waterboarding? Nay. He’s spending 30 days on an airplane. And this... Posted Jun 22 2009, 03:53 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: AirTran, PR

• This Week on BNET (May 18 - 22)

  The New Delta Sees More Complaints in March March complaints are out, and Delta and its partners saw increases while most others did not. Uh oh. JetBlue and Others See Higher Complaints in March I said above that “most” other airlines didn’t... Posted May 23 2009, 03:11 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: 737, AirTran, Alaska Airlines, American, Continental, Delta, ExpressJet, Frequent Flier Programs, Hawaiian, JetBlue, MKE - Milwaukee, Northwest, BNET

• Southwest Goes Old School, Heads to Milwaukee

  You would think that adding service to Minneapolis/St Paul, Boston, and New York/La Guardia would be enough for Southwest this year, but you’d be wrong. At the airline’s annual meeting yesterday, CEO Gary Kelly announced that Southwest will... Posted May 21 2009, 04:06 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: AirTran, Delta, MKE - Milwaukee, Schedule Changes, Southwest

• AirTran Secretly Starts Deploying WiFi Fleetwide

  For months, we’ve heard airlines go back and forth with wifi announcements. One airline says it’ll test wifi. Another says it’ll put it on the entire domestic fleet. Another says it’ll test it on aircraft made in odd-numbered years... Posted May 12 2009, 03:56 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: AirTran, Inflight Entertainment

• This Week on BNET (March 9 - 13)

  News and Notes From United’s 10-K United’s 10-K gave us some interesting bits on its Mileage Plus redemptions, bmi partnership, and its credit card processing agreements. Visiting Lumexis, a New Competitor in the Inflight Entertainment World... Posted Mar 14 2009, 02:37 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: 787, AirTran, Alaska Airlines, Delta, Inflight Entertainment, Virgin America, US Airways, United, BNET

• This Week on BNET (Feb 8 - 13)

  Should Continental Continue to Host Events for Its Best Fliers? Continental just finished up its annual FlyerTalk event. It’s not cheap, but should they continue to spend this money on their best customers? V Australia’s Decision on Which Business... Posted Feb 14 2009, 04:08 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Advertising, AirTran, Continental, Inflight Entertainment, MKE - Milwaukee, Schedule Changes, Southwest, Technology, V Australia, Virgin America, US Airways, BNET, Seats

• This Week on BNET (Jan 5 - 9)

  Frontier’s November Results Not as Positive as They May Seem Frontier issued its monthly operating statement for November over the holidays. The results looked great on the surface, but as usual, it’s not always as it seems. December Traffic Looks... Posted Jan 10 2009, 03:12 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: AirTran, Continental, Delta, Frontier, Mergers/Finance, Mesa Airlines, Technology, Northwest, BNET

• This Week on BNET (Dec 6 - 12)

  November Airline Traffic Numbers Traffic numbers for November are in, and man is it ugly. Pinnacle Improves Delta Connection On Time Performance It wasn’t long ago that Delta was looking to ditch Pinnacle as a regional carrier due to poor performance... Posted Dec 13 2008, 03:22 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: AirTran, BBG - Branson, Delta, Lufthansa, Pinnacle, Schedule Changes, Virgin America, Northwest, BNET, Seats