Boeing has now officially launched its 737 with new engines – it’s being called the 737 MAX to counter the A320neo. What do you think of the MAX? Will it be a success? Read More...
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Cranky Flier
on Fri, Sep 2 2011
Filed under: Boeing, 737
In case you missed it, American has decided to buy an insanely large number of airplanes. With 460 orders and another 10 million options (ok, maybe just 465), this was easily the largest order ever for an airline. Not only did American order a lot of Read More...
Posted to
Cranky Flier
on Thu, Jul 21 2011
Filed under: American, Boeing, Airbus, A320, 737
I’m sure a lot of you have been wondering why I haven’t written about the Southwest 737 that had a big hole open up inflight last week. It was big news for sure, but I just didn’t know enough beyond the basic information to make a post Read More...
Posted to
Cranky Flier
on Thu, Apr 7 2011
Filed under: Southwest, Accidents/Incidents, 737
Yesterday was something of a flashback for me. When United offered just a couple days ago to give me a seat on the last 737 flight before retirement, I figured, yeah why not? You’d think I would have been more excited, but I have mixed emotions Read More...
Posted to
Cranky Flier
on Thu, Oct 29 2009
Filed under: United, Trip Reports, 737
The New Delta Sees More Complaints in March
March complaints are out, and Delta and its partners saw increases while most others did not. Uh oh.
JetBlue and Others See Higher Complaints in March
I said above that “most” other airlines didn’t Read More...
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Cranky Flier
on Sat, May 23 2009
Filed under: Frequent Flier Programs, JetBlue, Continental, American, Delta, Hawaiian, Northwest, ExpressJet, Alaska Airlines, BNET, AirTran, MKE - Milwaukee, 737