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• Cranky on the Web (September 14 – 18)

  Why Comair’s On-Time Performance is More Concerning Than Atlantic Southeast’s – BNET Comair and ASA both sat at the bottom of the July on-time performance derby, but the airlines appear to have two different problems. Meaningless Mishandled... Posted Sep 19 2009, 03:42 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: American, Atlantic Southeast, Baggage, BNET, Comair, Delta, JFK - New York/JFK, LGA - New York/La Guardia, Midwest Airlines, PHL - Philadelphia

• Cranky on the Web (August 10 – 14)

  Why is Allegiant’s Load Factor Dropping While Others Increase? – BNET Allegiant’s load factor dropped more than anyone else last month, but I’m not too concerned. Southwest’s Bid for Frontier Raised to $170 Million –... Posted Aug 15 2009, 03:51 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Allegiant, American, BNET, DCA - Washington/National, Delta, Fares, Frontier, JetBlue, LGA - New York/La Guardia, Southwest, US Airways

• 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

• Southwest’s Interesting New York LaGuardia Schedule Construction

  Yesterday, Southwest finally announced its schedule for New York/LaGuardia beginning June 28, and it’s an interesting one. The slots they acquired from defunct ATA allowing seven daily roundtrips have been split into four daily to Chicago/Midway... Posted Apr 08 2009, 03:26 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: LGA - New York/La Guardia, Schedule Changes, Southwest

• 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... Posted Jan 17 2009, 03:31 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Air New Zealand, Alaska Airlines, BNET, Continental, DCA - Washington/National, Delta, Fuel, Horizon, LGA - New York/La Guardia, Mesa Airlines, Southwest

• McCain Wants You to Be Able to Fly to Washington/National and New York/LaGuardia From Anywhere in the US

  Let’s say you’re John McCain. You’ve finally had a couple months to relax after a very long and taxing presidential campaign. Now it’s time to head back to the Senate and use your influence to really help the country, right? Uh... Posted Jan 12 2009, 04:18 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: DCA - Washington/National, Government Regulation, LGA - New York/La Guardia

• This Week on BNET (Dec 22 - 26)

  Secretary of Transportation Nominee Ray LaHood on Aviation Obama has picked former Congressman Ray LaHood (R-IL) as his Secretary of Transportation. Will this be good for the airline industry? When Twitter Gets Interesting It’s rare that I find... Posted Dec 27 2008, 03:51 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Accidents/Incidents, Alaska Airlines, Alliances, American, BNET, Continental, Delays/Cancellations, Delta, Government Regulation, LGA - New York/La Guardia, Schedule Changes, Southwest, Westjet

• 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... Posted Dec 06 2008, 03:35 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Aloha, BNET, Continental, Delta, Fuel, Go!, Hawaiian, JetBlue, LGA - New York/La Guardia, Lufthansa, Southwest, United

• Southwest Wants to Fly to LaGuardia, Virgin America Not As Interested in O’Hare

  Back at the Southwest Halloween contest last month, the planning group had us try to guess what the next Southwest city would be. Holly Hegeman of PlaneBusiness put down three letters - LGA. It appears that she was right. Southwest is trying to put together... Posted Nov 19 2008, 12:00 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: LGA - New York/La Guardia, ORD - Chicago/O'Hare, Schedule Changes, Southwest, Virgin America