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• Cranky on the Web (August 17 – 21)

  Just a little heads up before we get to the weekly links … I’ll be at the National Business Travel Association NBTA conference next week so my posting schedule may be a little off. I will do my best to keep a regular schedule. If you’ll... Posted Aug 22 2009, 03:28 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Frontier, LAX - Los Angeles, Southwest, Delta, Virgin Blue, BNET, Labor Relations

• Volaris Lands in Los Angeles, First Destination North of the Border

  Volaris brought its first flight into LAX yesterday, and I headed out to the airport for the airline’s press conference celebrating the event. I must admit that I liked a lot of what I heard about Volaris, but these are some incredibly uncertain... Posted Jul 01 2009, 03:44 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Southwest, Volaris

• 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... Posted Feb 21 2009, 03:50 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Frontier, LAX - Los Angeles, Government Regulation, Mergers/Finance, Inflight Entertainment, Delta, Hawaiian, Go!, Mesa Airlines, Mokulele, Mesaba

• Allegiant Details LAX Plans

  Despite all the skepticism around my initial post, Allegiant did, in fact, announce this week that it’s coming to LAX and not any of the other surrounding airports. Glad to see that my source is as reliable as I thought. It’s definitely some... Posted Feb 20 2009, 03:47 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Allegiant

• Allegiant Set to Open a New Base at Los Angeles International (LAX)

  Reliable sources tell me that Allegiant will announce in the coming days that its new “sun destination” is LAX. With the exception of its original base in Las Vegas, Allegiant has specialized in turning secondary airports into big funnels... Posted Feb 11 2009, 03:33 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Allegiant

• JetBlue Back at LAX, Should We Believe Them This Time?

  It was almost a year ago that JetBlue announced it would begin flying to LAX in addition to its main Southern California operation at Long Beach along with smaller operations at Burbank and Ontario. Once fuel started climbing, they walked away from LAX... Posted Feb 03 2009, 03:54 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Schedule Changes, LAX - Los Angeles, JetBlue, LGB - Long Beach

• LAX Opens Public reLAX Lounge, Others Should Follow

  So, you’ve been trying to get to Seattle for a few days now, huh? I’m one of the lucky ones this year since I’m not going anywhere for the holidays, but if I were, I’m sure that the nasty weather would have me sitting on the floor... Posted Dec 24 2008, 04:17 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Airport Experience, LAX - Los Angeles

• LAX Reveals Plans for Nice but Very Expensive Bradley West Terminal Expansion

  I know, I know. I’ve had a fair number of posts on LAX lately, and I’m sorry about that for those not impacted by this airport. But I think this should be the last one for a little while. As we all know, LAX is not exactly the world’s... Posted Nov 24 2008, 03:56 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Airport Experience, LAX - Los Angeles

• Virgin America Making Progress on Its Renovation of LAX Terminal 3

  I thought I’d throw out a little Sunday bonus posting this week since I had the chance to stop by LAX Terminal 3 to see how Virgin America’s transformation work was coming along. Things appear to be going well and the move is scheduled to... Posted Nov 23 2008, 03:14 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Virgin America, Airport Experience, LAX - Los Angeles

• This Week on BNET (Oct 20 - 24)

  “Airport Security in America is a Sham . . .” Effective security may be unpleasant, but it’s worthwhile and important. Is what we have today effective? What else can airlines be doing? Mayor Villaraigosa’s Misguided Strategy for LA Airports LA Mayor... Posted Oct 25 2008, 03:49 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, US Airways, Safety/Security, LAX - Los Angeles, Fares, BNET, Fuel, AirTran

• United Pulls Out of Palmdale as Quickly as Possible

  Let’s stick this one in the “I told you so” file. Back in June, I said, “I’m sure that the second that subsidy is gone, United is out of there.” I was right. United started flying to Palmdale on June 7, 2007 and committed... Posted Sep 18 2008, 07:10 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Schedule Changes, LAX - Los Angeles, PMD - Palmdale

• Virgin America’s Impending Growth Spurs LAX Terminal Shifts

  I had to go to LAX three times this weekend to pick up and drop off some friends, and while I was there, I saw a few flashing signs noting some of the terminal shifts that have taken place lately. What’s going on? This is all to make more room for... Posted Sep 09 2008, 03:38 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Frontier, LAX - Los Angeles, Delta, Alaska Airlines, AirTran, Spirit

• Flying the Emirates A380 in Business and First (Part Two)

  Now let’s see, where did I leave off after yesterday’s post? Ah yes, we were leaving coach behind and heading up to business class. (As a reminder, you can see all the pictures and videos here.) At the top of the rear stairs, we entered the... Posted Aug 08 2008, 03:29 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Seats, Inflight Entertainment, Trip Reports, Emirates, A380

• Flying the Emirates A380 in Coach (Part One)

  Sorry it took me an extra day to put this together, but it was no easy feat. The A380 is one big plane, and I have plenty to talk about. Because of that, I’ve decided to split this post in half. Today, I’ll cover life on the lower deck, in... Posted Aug 07 2008, 03:19 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Seats, Inflight Entertainment, Trip Reports, Emirates, A380

• Delta Cuts LAX

  The writing had likely been on the wall for sometime, but it looks like Delta’s experiment in building up LAX is coming to a rapid end. Last week, Delta and ExpressJet announced that their agreement (covering 23 regional jets) would end on September... Posted Jul 07 2008, 03:41 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Schedule Changes, LAX - Los Angeles, Delta, Northwest, ExpressJet