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• SkyWest to Start Flying for AirTran in Milwaukee

  You cheeseheads may still be hurting from your second Favre-related beatdown this year, but you can rejoice that you now have yet another airline coming to town. SkyWest (yes, the regional airline) will begin flying for AirTran in Milwaukee. It’s... Posted Nov 05 2009, 03:28 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: SkyWest, Midwest Airlines, AirTran, MKE - Milwaukee

• Midwest Airlines Stops Flying (Its Own Planes)

  This may seem like a footnote to some, but just two days ago, Midwest officially stopped flying its own aircraft. That doesn’t mean, as we all know, that the Midwest brand is going away. It just means that now it is nothing more than a brand. So... Posted Nov 04 2009, 04:00 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Midwest Airlines

• Midwest and Frontier Start Swapping Airplanes in the Middle of the Day

  We’ve talked about how Republic’s acquisition of Frontier and Midwest has given the carrier tremendous flexibility in moving its airplanes around between its different subsidiaries. We’ve already seen announcements that Frontier will... Posted Oct 30 2009, 02:46 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Frontier, Midwest Airlines

• Frontier Sends A319s to Milwaukee, Republic Sends Embraers to Denver

  Well, well. It looks like the Republic Airways integration has now begun. In November, we’ll start seeing Frontier A319s flying out of Milwaukee under the Midwest name. Later that month, we’ll also be seeing Republic Embraer 190s come out... Posted Sep 21 2009, 03:26 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Frontier, Midwest Airlines

• 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: Baggage, American, Delta, Midwest Airlines, BNET, JFK - New York/JFK, LGA - New York/La Guardia, Comair, Atlantic Southeast, PHL - Philadelphia

• Republic Wins the Right to Buy Frontier – Now What?

  I certainly didn’t see this one coming. Thanks to a greatly increased bid and Southwest’s unwillingness to do a deal without labor’s buy-in (read BNET for more on this), Republic is the one walking away with Frontier. But I don’t... Posted Aug 17 2009, 03:29 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Frontier, Southwest, Midwest Airlines, Republic

• Cranky Around the Web (August 3 – 7)

  Republic Completes Purchase of Midwest, But Frontier Hangs in the Balance – BNET Midwest is now officially owned by Republic, but its success may have a lot to do with what happens with Frontier. Another Reason Airports Should Love Allegiant –... Posted Aug 08 2009, 03:00 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Frontier, Continental, Mergers/Finance, Midwest Airlines, Allegiant, BNET, Republic

• Random Thoughts About Booking My Holiday Flights

  Christmas is one of those times where I don’t like to play games with strategizing about the best time to book my flights. I think it’s generally safe to assume that fares will keep going up as it gets closer, at least on the prime days we... Posted Jul 30 2009, 03:02 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Miscellaneous, American, Midwest Airlines

• Details of Obama’s Wild Plane Ride

  Last year, when then-Senator Obama was busy criss-crossing the country in support of his presidential bid, he ran into some trouble on one of his flights. At the time, we were told that it wasn’t a big deal and, of course, it landed safely. But... Posted Jul 16 2009, 03:06 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Accidents/Incidents, Midwest Airlines

• Is Midwest Trying to be the First to Convert to a Virtual Airline?

  Anyone been paying attention to Midwest Airlines lately? It’s certainly understandable if you haven’t. They’ve spent the last few years shrinking into oblivion, but there actually have been some changes recently that are worth noting... Posted Jun 11 2009, 02:44 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Midwest Airlines

• This Week on BNET (Sep 2 - 5)

  American Asks to Defer Beijing Flights It wasn’t long ago that airlines were climbing on top of each other to grab slots to China. Now the DOT can’t even get airlines to start the flights they’ve earned. The Problem with the $150 Change... Posted Sep 06 2008, 02:57 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: United, Schedule Changes, Mergers/Finance, Fares, American, Delta, Northwest, Midwest Airlines, BNET, Republic

• Midwest Shrinks Again in Latest Restructuring

  There’s been a dark cloud of uncertainty hanging over Milwaukee during the last few weeks as Midwest worked on its latest round of restructuring. Sure, they had already announced that the MD-80s would be retired and that employee wages would be... Posted Sep 04 2008, 03:28 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Northwest, Midwest Airlines

• This Week on BNET (August 4 - 8)

  American’s Pilot Fighting for Compensation Restoration Once Again Once again, American’s pilots are fighting for “compensation restoration,” but take a look and you’ll see a very flimsy and inaccurate argument. Frontier Gets Another... Posted Aug 09 2008, 04:47 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Frontier, Southwest, Mergers/Finance, American, Delta, Northwest, Midwest Airlines, BNET, Labor Relations

• Midwest Rolls Out Its Post-MD80 Schedule

  We knew it was coming. When Midwest said it would ditch its MD-80s, that had to mean a lot of flight cuts and schedule shuffling. Well, now we know the extent of the damage. The new schedule not only cuts 11 cities, but it shuffles a lot of service around... Posted Jul 21 2008, 03:27 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Schedule Changes, MD80, Midwest Airlines

• This Week on BNET Travel (June 30 - July 3)

  I know I mentioned it before, but I thought it worth mentioning again that I’m now the airline blogger for BNET. My posts on Cranky are primarily focused on the frequent (or not so frequent) flier, but over on BNET, I get into more on airline management... Posted Jul 04 2008, 02:43 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Frontier, Mesa Airlines, Midwest Airlines, Allegiant, BNET