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Airlines We Lost in 2010

The year is almost done, and you know what that means. It’s time to review the airlines we’ve lost in 2010. The good news? We had fewer airlines disappear this year than last and many of them were piddly little guys that I won’t even...

Published Thu, Dec 30 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Northwest, Midwest Airlines, Airlines We Lost, Mexicana
United-Continental Merger Closing Was the Third Most Interesting Story on Friday

By now, you undoubtedly know that the United and Continental merger has officially closed and United Continental Holdings is now the parent company of both airlines. But that was actually the third most interesting story on Friday, and of those three...

Published Mon, Oct 4 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frequent Flier Programs, Frontier, British Airways, American, Midwest Airlines
Republic CEO Bryan Bedford on Religion and the Business (Across the Aisle)

Today I bring you the third and last installment of my interview with Republic CEO Bryan Bedford. In this piece, we spend a lot of time talking about religion. Why? Well, Bryan has really brought religion into the Republic business in a big way. For example...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Midwest Airlines, Republic
Republic CEO Bryan Bedford on Fees, Competition in the Hubs, and More (Across the Aisle)

I’m back with part two of my conversation with Bryan Bedford, CEO of Republic (which owns Frontier, among others). In part one, we talked about the strategy that led the company to buy Frontier and Midwest. Today, we get a little more into the weeds...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Midwest Airlines, Across the Aisle Interviews, Republic
Midwestern Swing on JetBlue and Frontier (Trip Report)

This trip served a couple of purposes. First, I was meeting up with some airline friends in Chicago for a get together. Second, I was going to visit with a company who makes onboard meals (look for that past soon). And lastly, I was going down to Indianapolis...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, JetBlue, Trip Reports, Midwest Airlines
Republic CEO Bryan Bedford On the Branded Strategy (Across the Aisle)

Last week, I had the chance to sit down with Bryan Bedford, CEO of Republic, in the carrier’s northwest Indianapolis headquarters. (It’s that building on the right, in the shadow of the odd-looking pyramid buildings.) You may not know the...

Published Mon, May 17 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Midwest Airlines, Across the Aisle Interviews, Republic
Frontier Wins, Midwest Dies, the Cookie Lives

Republic has made its branding decision. Fortunately, Frontier lives and Midwest dies. Midwest was kind of like your great, great uncle who has been barely hanging on with life support for a long time. The brand had deteriorated to the point of being...

Published Wed, Apr 14 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Mergers/Finance, Midwest Airlines
Cranky on the Web (April 5 – 9)

Even April Fools’ Can’t Stop Southwest Talking About Bag Fees – BNET If you haven’t seen Southwest’s April Fools’ joke, it’s a good one. And it stays on message about bag fees. Battle of the Airline Brands: Frontier...

Published Sat, Apr 10 2010 11:45 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Baggage, US Airways, Frontier, Southwest, Mergers/Finance, Midwest Airlines, BNET, Spirit
Cranky on the Web (March 1 – 5)

Samoa and Arkansas Win Federal Air Travel Subsidies – BNET The winners of the Small Community Air Service Development Program grants are out, and today I take a look at the ones I like best. Dumbest Cities to Receive Federal Airline Service Subsidies...

Published Sat, Mar 6 2010 1:37 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Government Regulation, Continental, Alaska Airlines, Midwest Airlines, BNET
Republic Orders New Bombardier Airplane That Will Compete with Boeing and Airbus (If It Works)

Republic, overlord of Frontier, Midwest, and a bunch of regional flying, made headlines last week by placing an order for 40 CS300 airplanes. These are the “C-Series” airplanes that Bombardier has been putting together to compete with the...

Published Mon, Mar 1 2010 3:58 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Midwest Airlines, Bombardier, Republic
Frontier Quietly Introduces Stretch Premium Economy

Frontier has been surprisingly quiet about its latest product change, a new premium economy section called Stretch. I saw it mentioned on their Facebook page, and I believe they mentioned it on their earnings call, but I haven’t seen much else....

Published Tue, Nov 10 2009 3:40 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Midwest Airlines
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...

Published Thu, Nov 5 2009 3:28 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...

Published Wed, Nov 4 2009 4:00 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...

Published Fri, Oct 30 2009 2:46 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...

Published Mon, Sep 21 2009 3:26 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Frontier, Midwest Airlines

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