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V Australia Welcomes Us Onboard at LAX

Friday marked the first aircraft delivery for V Australia, Virgin Blue’s long haul arm that will inaugurate service on February between Sydney and Los Angeles. On the way down from Boeing, V Australia brought the plane to LAX for a reception and...

Published Mon, Feb 9 2009 3:52 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Seats, Inflight Entertainment, V Australia
This Week on BNET (Feb 2 - 6)

Virgin Atlantic’s Food Complaint Was Excellent PR, Possible Hoax? No airline is better at turning around a bad situation than Virgin Atlantic. Even rumors that this was manufactured haven’t stopped it from helping the airline. Virgin America Reports...

Published Sat, Feb 7 2009 3:29 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin America, Safety/Security, JetBlue, Continental, American, Delta, Northwest, Virgin Atlantic, BNET, Labor Relations
Onboard ExpressJet’s Corporate Aviation Aircraft

You all know I was a big fan of the idea behind ExpressJet’s branded service, but the combination of high fuel prices, the wrong type of plane, and the lack of connectivity into a larger network/frequent flier program conspired to bring it down...

Published Fri, Feb 6 2009 3:24 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: ExpressJet
British Airways 777 Accident at Heathrow Linked to Delta Incident

We all remember the BA 777 that lost power and crash-landed at London/Heathrow, right? Last September, an interim report was put out on the accident saying that ice buildup blocking the fuel flow was the likely culprit. Now Boeing is not only agreeing...

Published Thu, Feb 5 2009 3:23 PM by The Cranky FlierBritish Airways 777 Accident at Heathrow Linked to Delta Incident

Filed under: Accidents/Incidents, British Airways, Delta, Fuel
What Do Virgin America’s Poor Financial Results Mean for Travelers?

After a long battle against the DOT, Virgin America has now finally been required to release its financial results to the public. What’s the verdict? It’s not pretty. I’ve already tackled the high level financial side of Virgin America’s...

Published Wed, Feb 4 2009 3:49 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin America, Mergers/Finance
JetBlue Back at LAX, Should We Believe Them This Time?

It was almost a year ago that JetBlue announced it would begin flying to LAX in addition to its main Southern California operation at Long Beach along with smaller operations at Burbank and Ontario. Once fuel started climbing, they walked away from LAX...

Published Tue, Feb 3 2009 3:54 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Schedule Changes, LAX - Los Angeles, JetBlue, LGB - Long Beach
V Australia Will Get You To Seattle with Alaska, Not Virgin America

I received a note from a reader down under recently pointing out that Aussies can now book flights to Seattle on the V Australia website. Is this the long-anticipated codeshare with Virgin America finally showing its head? Nope. It’s actually a...

Published Mon, Feb 2 2009 4:06 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin America, V Australia, Alaska Airlines
Spirit Wants Ads on Flight Attendants, I Say “Why Not?”

Spirit has been pretty quiet lately, and that should scare all of us. This is an airline that thrives on getting itself free PR, and it usually does a very good job with it. But maybe their old tricks just aren’t working anymore. So what do they...

Published Fri, Jan 30 2009 4:02 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Advertising, Spirit
This Week on BNET (Jan 26 - 30)

Southwest Reports Q4 Loss on Hedges Hedges and other “special items” brought Southwest down to a Q4 loss, but it was the announcement on growth that had people turning their heads. Southwest Sees Strong Revenue Performance in Fourth Quarter...

Published Fri, Jan 30 2009 3:01 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Baggage, Virgin America, Schedule Changes, Customer Service, Southwest, Mergers/Finance, Delays/Cancellations, American, Delta, Allegiant, BNET, Fuel, IND - Indianapolis
I’m Now on Twitter (crankyflier)

Damn you, Twitter. I always hated you because I didn’t see the point. I signed up long ago when my friends encouraged me to check it out. There were too many tweets about washing hair, going to the bathroom, or other completely uninteresting and...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2009 11:45 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Admin
Delta’s Half-Empty Threat to Shrink Atlanta

My posts have definitely been traveling around the world this week, so let’s bring it back home. Let’s talk Delta. The airline is having a spat with its largest airport, Atlanta, over new construction that will inevitably raise the cost of...

Published Thu, Jan 29 2009 3:54 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Delta, ATL - Atlanta
Italians Look to Kill Rome’s Ciampino Airport, Help Alitalia

Yes, this is a post about Italy, but believe it or not, Alitalia isn’t the main focus. It’s the bungling Italian government that has caught my eye once again for their plans to help Alitalia and kick low cost carriers to the far corners of...

Published Wed, Jan 28 2009 3:53 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Ryanair, Alitalia, Easyjet
Virgin Nigeria Ends Long Haul Flying Today

For those of you who think that all Sir Richard Branson touches turns to gold, all you need to do is take a look at Virgin Nigeria to see a very different story. (Or study up on Virgin Express, but that’s for another time.) The airline was started...

Published Tue, Jan 27 2009 4:01 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin Nigeria
BA’s OpenSkies to Stop Growing; Is Death on the Horizon?

Looks like we’re seeing the beginnings of yet another failed attempt at using the EU-US open skies agreement to open new business opportunities. OpenSkies, British Airways’ attempt at launching an all-premium airline to fly to New York from...

Published Mon, Jan 26 2009 3:56 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: British Airways, OpenSkies
This Week on BNET (Jan 19-23)

Report: Investors Looking to Abandon Virgin America Financial Times is reporting that Virgin America’s US investors may be looking to bail out. What does this mean for the future viability of the airline? American Flight Attendants Begin Aviation...

Published Sat, Jan 24 2009 3:29 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Virgin America, Safety/Security, American, Delta, Hawaiian, BNET, Fuel

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