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• This Week on BNET (Feb 23 - 27)

  JetBlue Leaves Open Skies for Sabre The Open Skies system may be simple, but it no longer provides what many low cost carriers need. That’s why it’s Sabre time. Abandoned Airport Looks to Solar Energy Palmdale Airport may not work as an actual... Posted Feb 28 2009, 03:17 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Airbus, Alaska Airlines, Civil Aviation, Delta, Distribution, Fares, Government Regulation, JetBlue, PMD - Palmdale, Safety/Security, Schedule Changes, Technology, United, Northwest, BNET, Boeing

• LAWA Gets a Gold Star for Ditching Palmdale

  There’s some great news of out Los Angeles these days now that LA World Airports (LAWA) has finally decided to give up on bringing service to Palmdale Airport. Of course, some are unhappy about this, but it’s absolutely the right thing to... Posted Nov 10 2008, 11:44 AM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: Gold Star, PMD - Palmdale

• 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: LAX - Los Angeles, PMD - Palmdale, Schedule Changes, United

• United Agrees to Double Palmdale Flights

  Looks like United has given in and agreed to modify its Palmdale flying schedule. Beginning in September, instead of two daily CRJs to SFO, there will be four daily Brasilias, the 30 seat turboprop that United has slowly been phasing out. Anyone want... Posted Jun 19 2008, 03:38 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: PMD - Palmdale, Schedule Changes, United

• Palmdale Flights are Struggling

  You know I love talking about my local airports here in LA and what I consider to be a misguided regionalization strategy. Well, we’ve got some news out of Palmdale that backs me up. Los Angeles World Airports, which operates Palmdale as well as... Posted Jun 02 2008, 03:34 PM by The Cranky Flier Filed under: PMD - Palmdale, United