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Delta, Hawaiian, and Southwest Talk Fleet Strategy

One of the more interesting panels in Phoenix last week was the one that focused on fleet strategy. There’s always a ton of discussion about buying airplanes, and each airline has a different philosophy. On the panel, there were representatives...

Published Thu, Mar 29 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Delta, Hawaiian
Cranky on the Web (February 13 – 17)

“Cranky Flier” Explores Decline in Small City Airline Service – Part 2 of 2 – ExpertFlyer Hot Topics In part two of this series, I look at the government programs to help keep small service, primarily Essential Air Service. The conclusion? These...

Published Sat, Feb 18 2012 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Government Regulation, Hawaiian
Topic of the Week: Hawaiian Says Aloha to New York City

For years, Hawaiian had been primarily an airline offering interisland flights and service to the West Coast of the US. There were minor incursions into other parts of the Pacific but the last couple of years have been different. First, Hawaiian has made...

Published Fri, Nov 18 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Hawaiian
PETA Offers Hawaiian Publicity if They Help Stop Fishing, I Give Publicity to Encourage It

Those wacky People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) people are up to their usual tricks, and now they’re dragging airlines into it. This time, they’ve sent a letter to Hawaiian Airlines asking them become the official airline of...

Published Tue, Jul 27 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Hawaiian
This Week on BNET (June 8 - 12)

United Removes Website Hold Feature United is no longer allowing you to hold reservations booked online. Did they really need to ditch that? Skepticism Surrounds Potential United Aircraft Order United is talking about ordering new airplanes, but few believe...

Published Sat, Jun 13 2009 3:05 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Virgin America, Schedule Changes, Mergers/Finance, Delta, Hawaiian, Allegiant, BNET
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...

Published Sat, May 23 2009 3:11 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frequent Flier Programs, JetBlue, Continental, American, Delta, Hawaiian, Northwest, ExpressJet, Alaska Airlines, BNET, AirTran, MKE - Milwaukee, 737
Ancillary Revenue and Unbundling are Not Always Dirty Words

If you fly, you probably cringe every time you hear the words “ancillary revenue.” You likely associate those words with airlines charging for something that used to be included in the price of the ticket, and that doesn’t make you happy...

Published Wed, Apr 1 2009 4:13 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Hawaiian
This Week on BNET (March 16 - 20)

Hawaiian Still Having Major On-Time Problems On the surface, Hawaiian appears to be doing well in the world of on-time performance, but when you dig down, you see that’s not the case. News and Notes from Continental’s 10-K Digging through...

Published Sat, Mar 21 2009 2:29 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: US Airways, Virgin America, JetBlue, Continental, Hawaiian, Distribution, BNET, Advertising, BKG - Branson
This Week on BNET (Feb 16 - 20)

Delta Starts Consolidating Regional Carriers Delta is taking pieces of Compass, Comair, and Mesaba and mashing them together. Seems like a good idea to me. Why is Hawaiian Installing In-Seat Video? Hawaiian is putting in seat video on its long haul fleet...

Published Sat, Feb 21 2009 3:50 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, LAX - Los Angeles, Government Regulation, Mergers/Finance, Inflight Entertainment, Delta, Hawaiian, Go!, Mesa Airlines, Mokulele, Mesaba
This Week on BNET (Jan 19-23)

Report: Investors Looking to Abandon Virgin America Financial Times is reporting that Virgin America’s US investors may be looking to bail out. What does this mean for the future viability of the airline? American Flight Attendants Begin Aviation...

Published Sat, Jan 24 2009 3:29 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Virgin America, Safety/Security, American, Delta, Hawaiian, BNET, Fuel
This Week on BNET (Dec 1 - 5)

Mesa Settles Aloha Lawsuit, Wants to Use Aloha Name Mesa wants to use the name of its now vanquished rival, Aloha, on its airplanes. There are so many reasons this is a bad idea, it’s not even funny. Continental’s November Traffic Performance Shows...

Published Sat, Dec 6 2008 3:35 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Lufthansa, JetBlue, Southwest, Continental, Aloha, Delta, Hawaiian, Go!, BNET, Fuel, LGA - New York/La Guardia
This Week on BNET (Sep 15 - 19)

Vegas Hotel Rooms Growing; Flights Shrinking Hotels rooms in Vegas are growing rapidly but flights are disappearing. How are they going to find enough people to fill all those rooms? Hawaiian Adds Winglets to Some of Its 767 Fleet Hawaiian is putting...

Published Sat, Sep 20 2008 4:50 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Mergers/Finance, Hawaiian, BNET, Fuel, Spirit, LAS - Las Vegas
A Warning About Mobile Phone Check-In

It seems like airlines all around the world are racing to allow passengers to check in for flights using only a mobile phone. I wrote about Air Canada rolling it out last year, and lately both Continental and Delta have put out tests of their own. Delta...

Published Tue, Jun 24 2008 3:56 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Technology, Frequent Flier Programs, Continental, Hawaiian
Aloha ‘Oe, Aloha Airlines

You may remember that I said last week that I probably wouldn’t book a flight on Aloha for travel more than a couple weeks out. It looks like the airline won’t even make it that long. Aloha has announced that, not surprisingly, there just...

Published Mon, Mar 31 2008 3:50 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Aloha, Hawaiian, Go!

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