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• Airlines We Lost in 2008

  It’s time once again for the third annual edition of “Airlines We Lost.” This was a pretty active year, as you can probably imagine. Sadly, my wish last year for Alitalia to be on this year’s list has not come true. That airline... Posted Dec 31 2008, 04:25 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: ATA, Aloha, Skybus, ExpressJet, Eos, Champion, Palmair, Pan Am, Adam Air, Silverjet, Airlines We Lost, Oasis Hong Kong, Aero California

• Skybus Shutdown Completes This Week’s Hat Trick

  Seriously, this is getting ridiculous. Monday it’s Aloha, Thursday it’s ATA, and now Saturday it’s Skybus. The airline flew its final flight last night, and now all the shiny new Airbii (um, let’s just pretend like that’s... Posted Apr 05 2008, 02:51 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: ATA, Aloha, Skybus

• An ATA Obituary

  It’s kind of strange writing an obituary for ATA right now. I mean, it’s like it happened in slow motion even though it actually happened very quickly. I guess technically it started a couple years ago, but things really sped up month when... Posted Apr 04 2008, 03:59 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: ATA, L1011, DC-10

• ATA Shuts Down Immediately

  The rumors started swirling yesterday, and it was confirmed overnight. ATA is shutting down effective this morning. They lost their military contract, and so they’re done. I’ll have more on this tomorrow (my regular post here today will be... Posted Apr 03 2008, 02:51 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Southwest, ATA, Delays/Cancellations

• The Incredible Shrinking ATA

  Remember when ATA was considered a “major” carrier with over $1b in annual revenue? It seems like so long ago now. They had a nice operation at Chicago/Midway and they had Indianapolis, Hawai’i, etc. Now, they’ve got just about... Posted Mar 13 2008, 02:12 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Schedule Changes, ATA