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Topic of the Week: December On Time Performance

The DOT has released December on-time performance and as you would imagine, it was awful. Anything stand out for you in this month’s report? http://airconsumer.dot.gov/reports/2011/February/2011FebruaryATCR.PDF Read More...

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

Filed under: Operations
Airline Schedule Padding Isn’t Cheating

There are plenty of people out there who think the airlines are trying to “cheat” when they pad their flight schedules to account for delays, but I don’t get it. That is not what’s going on here. What they’re really doing...

Published Tue, Feb 16 2010 3:52 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Operations
This Week on BNET (April 20 - 24)

Cranky is on vacation, but I did pre-schedule some posts on BNET. Here are the ones from last week. We get back in town tonight, so I’ll be back live on the blog on Monday. — Airline Executives Discuss Foreign Ownership, Unbundling, Partnerships...

Published Sat, Apr 25 2009 3:15 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, US Airways, Operations, JetBlue, Southwest, Alliances
This Week on BNET (March 30 - April 3)

Alliance Panel at the Phoenix Aviation Symposium The alliances discussion was one of the more interesting panels, I thought. The talk centered around why and even if alliances are worthwhile. Modernizing the Fleet: Phoenix Aviation Symposium So when is...

Published Sat, Apr 4 2009 3:25 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Environment, Operations, JetBlue, Southwest, Inflight Entertainment, American, Boeing, BNET, Alliances, Airbus
This Week on BNET (Nov 22-28)

Video Presentations from PhoCusWright I know I said I was done with PhoCusWright posts, but I guess I lied. This is just a quick one to point you to actual videos of the Travel Innovation Summit presentations. Premium Travel Falls Off a Cliff Bad news...

Published Sat, Nov 29 2008 3:00 PM by Anonymous

Filed under: US Airways, Virgin America, Frequent Flier Programs, Operations, Delta, Allegiant, BNET, BBG - Branson
Dangerous Go Arounds Earn the AP the Cranky Jackass Award

You know that feeling when you see a news report from a reputable news source that is just so insanely wrong that it makes you question everything they do? Well, here’s a good one for you. This report is so absolutely ridiculous that it has earned...

Published Tue, Jul 8 2008 3:32 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Safety/Security, Operations, Cranky Jackass
LAX Implements Continuous Descent Approach

A nice side benefit of attending JetBlue’s press conference yesterday was that I had the opportunity to meet Ian Gregor, Communications Manager for the FAA’s Western-Pacific Region. We started talking shop, and soon enough I realized that...

Published Thu, Feb 14 2008 3:36 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: LAX - Los Angeles, Government Regulation, Environment, Operations

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Topic of the Week: December On Time Performance

Airline Schedule Padding Isn’t Cheating

This Week on BNET (April 20 - 24)

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This Week on BNET (Nov 22-28)

Dangerous Go Arounds Earn the AP the Cranky Jackass Award

LAX Implements Continuous Descent Approach