For those who like to continue to point out that a US Airways bid for American in bankruptcy will fail just like the bid for Delta in bankruptcy failed, Friday’s news that the airline had won backing from the American labor unions should finally Read More...
Posted to
Cranky Flier
on Mon, Apr 23 2012
Filed under: US Airways, Mergers/Finance, American
It has been a long four months since I last stepped on an airplane. Crazy, I know. But I locked it down before my son was born and then obviously for a little while after as well. This was my first opportunity to get back in the air, and it came courtesy Read More...
Posted to
Cranky Flier
on Wed, Mar 28 2012
Filed under: US Airways, Trip Reports, PHX - Phoenix
From the title, you might think that last week’s media day that US Airways held in Phoenix was a total bust, but that’s not true. It WAS boring, but that’s because US Airways is running a good airline these days. There were a couple Read More...
Posted to
Cranky Flier
on Mon, Mar 26 2012
Filed under: US Airways
I came across a really interesting research note on American last week that I thought was worth discussing here. Jamie Baker at JP Morgan put out a note entitled “AMR v6.0: Additional Thoughts on Consolidation.” There’s been a lot of Read More...
Posted to
Cranky Flier
on Mon, Mar 12 2012
Filed under: US Airways, American
It’s really interesting to watch US Airways as it starts to announce how it’s going to use its newly acquired slots at Washington’s National Airport. While Delta made a huge splash in New York with its hub-creation at LaGuardia after Read More...
Posted to
Cranky Flier
on Thu, Jan 5 2012
Filed under: US Airways, Delta, DCA - Washington/National