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This Week on BNET (Dec 1 - 5)

Mesa Settles Aloha Lawsuit, Wants to Use Aloha Name Mesa wants to use the name of its now vanquished rival, Aloha, on its airplanes. There are so many reasons this is a bad idea, it’s not even funny. Continental’s November Traffic Performance Shows...

Published Sat, Dec 6 2008 3:35 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Lufthansa, JetBlue, Southwest, Continental, Aloha, Delta, Hawaiian, Go!, BNET, Fuel, LGA - New York/La Guardia
Lufthansa Italia Tries to Add Pressure as Alitalia Receives EU Approval

Ok kids, who’s ready for an Alitalia update? I know, it’s been a little while. It may seem like plenty has happened, but really, we’re not that much closer to resolving this hilarious situation. One of these days, I’ll get around...

Published Fri, Dec 5 2008 3:34 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Lufthansa, Mergers/Finance, Alitalia, Air France
Homeland Security and the TSA Open Up in a Blogger Roundtable

I have to say that as much flack as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the TSA get, they do a pretty good job of facing it head on. Case in point . . . they held a blogger roundtable recently where DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff and TSA Administrator...

Published Thu, Dec 4 2008 4:49 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Safety/Security, Government Regulation
Ignore Irresponsible Warning About Holiday Travel on JetBlue and to Minneapolis

Those of you who are Elliott.org readers might have been a little alarmed by an article yesterday entitled, Christmas air travel warning: avoid Minneapolis, JetBlue and Northwest Flight 189. That article was so incredibly misleading that I had to clear...

Published Wed, Dec 3 2008 4:10 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: JetBlue, Delays/Cancellations, Northwest
Allegiant Goes to Punta Gorda; Is It Their Next Base?

Looks like Allegiant might have its eyes on Punta Gorda as its next base after it announced flights to the city from both Greenville/Spartanburg and Knoxville today. This is the first move outside its current base structure in awhile, and it could be...

Published Tue, Dec 2 2008 4:05 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Schedule Changes, Allegiant
Cranky’s New Site Layout

Those of you who came by the site this weekend may have noticed a new look on Cranky. I tried to do it on Friday night when traffic was lower so that if it blew up in my face, I wouldn’t anger too many people. Fortunately within an hour of it launching...

Published Mon, Dec 1 2008 4:52 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Admin
The UK’s APD Increase Continues to Convince People Not to Visit

Just as California likes to bump up the car tax to plug its budget holes, the UK has a soft spot for taxing the heck out of air travel. The Air Passenger Duty (APD) has only been at its current rate for a couple years, but apparently it’s time to...

Published Mon, Dec 1 2008 4:04 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Environment, Fares
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
Airplane Porn: Air France Goes Retro

I’m happily recovering from yesterday’s turkey-induced stupor, so there’ll be no writing for me today. Instead, let’s take a look at some fun-filled airplane porn! This time, we head across the Atlantic to check out Air France’s...

Published Fri, Nov 28 2008 3:38 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Air France, Airplane Porn
The True Meaning of Thanksgiving 2008

Greetings, turkey lovers. It’s Thanksgiving here in the US, and this year is a different one for me. My wife and I decided we’d had enough traveling this year, so we’re not moving . . . unless our Tur-Duc-Hen (a new effort this year...

Published Thu, Nov 27 2008 3:35 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Overbooking
The Brighter Side of a Horrible Airplane Accident

Picture this. You’re sitting on an airplane in the middle of Africa descending for landing into the city you live. Next thing you know, the plane is lying on the ground, snapped in half, and you don’t quite know what the heck is going on....

Published Wed, Nov 26 2008 3:41 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Accidents/Incidents
Sabre Finally Getting A La Carte Shopping

First, I’d like to apologize to those of you who couldn’t get on the site this morning. I’ve been using Bluehost.com for my site hosting, and they went down once again. I’m up for renewal in a couple of months, and I’ll most...

Published Tue, Nov 25 2008 3:41 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Technology, Fares, Distribution
LAX Reveals Plans for Nice but Very Expensive Bradley West Terminal Expansion

I know, I know. I’ve had a fair number of posts on LAX lately, and I’m sorry about that for those not impacted by this airport. But I think this should be the last one for a little while. As we all know, LAX is not exactly the world’s...

Published Mon, Nov 24 2008 3:56 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Airport Experience, LAX - Los Angeles
Virgin America Making Progress on Its Renovation of LAX Terminal 3

I thought I’d throw out a little Sunday bonus posting this week since I had the chance to stop by LAX Terminal 3 to see how Virgin America’s transformation work was coming along. Things appear to be going well and the move is scheduled to...

Published Sun, Nov 23 2008 3:14 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Virgin America, Airport Experience, LAX - Los Angeles
This Week on BNET (Nov 17 - 21)

AirTran Follows Delta with First Bag Fee It wasn’t much of a surprise when AirTran followed Delta’s fee for a first checked bag, but it is surprising it took nearly a week to do it. Attending PhoCusWright This Week I’m spending the week...

Published Sat, Nov 22 2008 3:50 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Baggage, Technology, Delta, AirTran

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