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L’Avion Swallowed by OpenSkies

Let’s all raise a toast to those who owned a piece of L’Avion. They became the only (extremely lucky) shareholders of an independent all-premium class airline to actually get money back from their investment. That’s right, the new BA...

Published Wed, Jul 2 2008 4:04 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Mergers/Finance, British Airways, L'avion
Alitalia Limps Through Another Year

Once again, it has been way too long since I checked in on Alitalia. I mean, there’s been plenty of action for my favorite airline to hate, but of course, nothing has actually happened. It’s all more of the same. What prompted me to write...

Published Tue, Jul 1 2008 3:24 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Alitalia
Cranky on the Things with Wings Radio Show

I know I said I’d try to only put media mentions on my news page, but when the Queen, Benét Wilson, gives you 10 minutes with her on her podcast, how can you not put that up? Benét and I have known each other for a long time, since our days living...

Published Tue, Jul 1 2008 1:12 AM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Miscellaneous
Palmair: One of the Top Four Airlines in the World

Regular readers of the blog know that I’m not a fan of all these “Best of” surveys. That’s why I haven’t written about JD Power’s boring surveys or anything else like that. But, when a survey has an interesting angle...

Published Mon, Jun 30 2008 3:32 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Singapore Airlines, Air New Zealand, Jet Airways, Surveys, Palmair
My Book Report on Ruinar

I thought about writing about more cuts that were announced by Frontier, Northwest, and Delta, but really, aren’t you getting tired of this? Click the links above if your answer is “no.” Otherwise, keep reading for a little bit of escapism...

Published Fri, Jun 27 2008 3:46 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Ryanair, Books
American Slashes Domestic, United Cuts International, and Southwest Shuffles

Yesterday, American announced the details of its fall flight cuts and the big surprise to me is how deep New York/LaGuardia flying is going to be cut. Meanwhile, United announced it was pulling out of two fairly large cities, Ft Lauderdale and West Palm...

Published Thu, Jun 26 2008 4:19 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Schedule Changes, Southwest, American, Uncategorized
New LAX Taxiway Makes the Airport Safer For You

LAX announced yesterday that the new center taxiway on the south runway complex has opened for business. There’s lots of talk about how this increases safety, but for the average traveler, I don’t think this really resonates without further...

Published Wed, Jun 25 2008 3:38 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Safety/Security, LAX - Los Angeles
A Warning About Mobile Phone Check-In

It seems like airlines all around the world are racing to allow passengers to check in for flights using only a mobile phone. I wrote about Air Canada rolling it out last year, and lately both Continental and Delta have put out tests of their own. Delta...

Published Tue, Jun 24 2008 3:56 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Technology, Frequent Flier Programs, Continental, Hawaiian
Continental’s Star Alliance Move

You likely won’t be surprised to hear that I had a great time at the bachelor party this weekend, but that means I had very little time to write. So, since every travel blogger on earth has written about the announcement that Continental will be...

Published Mon, Jun 23 2008 3:39 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, US Airways, Continental, Mergers/Finance, Star Alliance
Tony France on the Decline of First Class

I’m going to be nowhere near the internet today, and actually I’m probably sleeping right now. Why, you ask? Well this weekend is my bachelor party, and things kicked off last night. Of course, I didn’t want to leave you without anything...

Published Fri, Jun 20 2008 2:53 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: American, Meals, Guest Posts
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...

Published Thu, Jun 19 2008 3:38 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: United, Schedule Changes, PMD - Palmdale
O’Leary Wants to Offer Blowjobs on Airplanes

Stay with me here. Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s fearless leader and king of publicity, has announced his plans for a transatlantic airline. And yes, it will apparently include blowjobs. His plan? A bunch of economy class seats that will sell...

Published Wed, Jun 18 2008 6:47 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Ryanair, Customer Service
You Can Now Fly Between Mainland China and Taiwan

I figured I’d go for two Asia stories in a row, especially after I saw this one in the news yesterday. It looks like Mainland China and Taiwan have finally come to an agreement to allow flights between the two countries. This is long overdue, to...

Published Wed, Jun 18 2008 3:35 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Government Regulation
Japan Air Lines Rolls Out New First and Business Class Seats

You know I like to talk about new seats here on the blog, and this time I know some of you will be happy to hear that it’s coming from the Pacific Rim. (Yes, I know I should blog about the other side of the Pacific far more than I do.) So who [...

Published Tue, Jun 17 2008 3:49 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Seats, JAL
Homeland Security Makes Traveling Harder . . . Again

Nothing like some misguided Homeland Security policy to make you feel all warm and cozy. This time, we’ve got two policies, one that will impact foreign visitors and the other that could theoretically impact anyone. First, let’s start with...

Published Mon, Jun 16 2008 3:28 PM by The Cranky Flier

Filed under: Safety/Security, Government Regulation

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