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Alaska Had a Bad Weekend But Shows How to Communicate When Things Get Ugly

If you were flying on Alaska Airlines this weekend, you had a rough go of it. The airline’s computer systems crashed and that meant plenty of delays and cancellations. Unlike Southwest in its meltdown earlier this month, however, Alaska handled...

Published Mon, Mar 28 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delays/Cancellations, Alaska Airlines, Horizon
Cranky on the Web (January 31-February 4)

I’m very excited to announce that The Cranky Flier has been chosen as 2010 Blog of the Year in the Flightglobal Webbies! Alaska Airlines Becomes One of the Last Carriers to Outsource Some Flights – BNET Headwinds Alaska has decided the time...

Published Sat, Feb 5 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Air New Zealand, American, Alaska Airlines, Horizon, BNET
Horizon Air’s President on Future Growth and Outsourcing (Across the Aisle Interview)

And we’re back. Today, I pick up my interview with Horizon Air President Glenn Johnson by talking about future growth and Alaska’s recent decision to outsource some flying to SkyWest. [Read Part 1 of the interview] Cranky: Looking at Horizon...

Published Tue, Feb 1 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Alaska Airlines, Horizon, Across the Aisle Interviews
Horizon Air’s President on The Disappearance of the Brand (Across the Aisle Interview)

For those who hadn’t heard, Alaska Air Group’s wholly-owned regional subsidiary Horizon Air will be losing its brand some 25 years after Alaska first bought the airline. Instead, Horizon flights will all be marketed under the Alaska name....

Published Mon, Jan 31 2011 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Alaska Airlines, Horizon, Across the Aisle Interviews
Cranky on the Web (October 25-29)

AirTran Pilots Have a New Tentative Agreement, Thanks to Southwest – BNET Headwinds AirTran pilots have an agreement, and it comes suspiciously close on the heels of the acquisition agreement by Southwest. Interesting, no? Federal Air-Service Grant...

Published Sat, Oct 30 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Horizon, Labor Relations, AirTran, SJC - San Jose
Cranky on the Web (August 21-27)

Some feel blue as United, Continental wedding mixes old, new – Chicago Tribune The Trib looks at the United/Continental branding efforts, and I chime in with why I’m not a fan of what I’ve seen so far. American’s Express Seats: How Not...

Published Sat, Aug 28 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, US Airways, Safety/Security, Continental, Mergers/Finance, American, Alaska Airlines, Horizon, BNET
Cranky on the Web (June 21-25)

Horizon Air Backs Out of California and Into a Box of Its Own Making – BNET Horizon has made some big schedule changes this past week, and it shows they’re in a corner, trying to figure out what to do to make things work. Airline Passenger...

Published Sat, Jun 26 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin America, Government Regulation, Horizon, BNET, Advertising, Spirit
Horizon Air CEO Weighs In On Whether Wholly-Owned Regionals are Safer

I wasn’t planning on revisiting regional airline safety again this quickly, but then I received an email in my inbox this weekend from Horizon Air CEO Jeff Pinneo. Horizon is a wholly-owned regional for Alaska Airlines. Jeff is a regular reader...

Published Tue, Mar 9 2010 3:18 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Safety/Security, Alaska Airlines, Horizon, Maintenance
This Week on BNET (Jan 12 - 16)

Airlines Successfully Test Biofuels in Droves Air New Zealand and Continental have both recently tested jatropha on actual flights, and the results have been extremely promising. Alaska and Horizon Says December Storms to Cost Up to $13 Million Those...

Published Sat, Jan 17 2009 3:31 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Southwest, Continental, Air New Zealand, Delta, Alaska Airlines, Horizon, Mesa Airlines, BNET, Fuel, LGA - New York/La Guardia, DCA - Washington/National
Time to Revisit the ExpressJet Model?

I’ve seen unleaded gas for $1.75 a gallon here in Oklahoma, a barrel of oil is hovering around $60, and jet fuel is just over $2.00 a gallon, nearly 30% less than where it was a month ago. With this plunge in fuel prices, is it time to revisit ExpressJet’s...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2008 1:11 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: ExpressJet, Horizon
Horizon to Go All Q400 and Other Interesting Alaska Notes

There were a couple of interesting things to come out of Alaska Air Group’s first quarter earnings last week. The most interesting item? Horizon will drop all of its 20 CRJ-700 aircraft in the next 2 years. That combined with the previously announced...

Published Tue, Apr 29 2008 3:38 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Alaska Airlines, Horizon

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