Cranky Flier – An Airline Industry Blog
5 days ago · Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Southwest and Elliott Find Détente, Frontier and Spirit Can’t Quit Each Other. Southwest and Elliott Reach Truce Southwest Airlines months-long proxy fight with activist investor Elliott Investment […] Andrewon Oct 25, 2024 Oct 25, 2024 - 9 Comments on ...
Cranky on the Web: Alaska/Hawaiian Getting Together, …
Sep 27, 2024 · With Alaska’s acquisition complete, Hawaiian Airlines’ outlook brightens – Travel Weekly This one was actually from last week, but it’s another look at the Alaska and Hawaiian merger. Southwest Air’s lackluster profit fuels pressure to revamp business model – Reuters Reuters took a look at Southwest’s problems before this week’s ...
Do You Have the Mind of an AvGeek? - Cranky Flier
Dec 22, 2021 · During this year’s Cranky Dorkfest, Kevin Trinkle from American Airlines went around and asked 73 of these people to answer 10 questions: He used these to create trivia questions for American’s annual Geek Off which pits teams of employees against each other, all for charity. This year’s Geek off is done, and now Kevin has shared the ...
United Makes a Confusing But Clever Rule Change That Targets …
Apr 5, 2021 · United isn’t making the refund an automated process. In fact, the filed tariff says it this way: Translation: If you have a wholly-unused ticket that originates in the US and is booked through a travel agent, it’s refundable minus $100. But to do that, you have to use a waiver code and it is a manual process.
Cranky Flier – Page 410 – An Airline Industry Blog
Welcome from the Cranky Flier. I’ve had many friends tell me that I should be blogging, but for some reason […] CFon Aug 15, 2006 - 4 Comments on Welcome from the Cranky Flier. PreviousPrevious 1 … 408 409 410.
Spirit’s New Bundle Pricing is Out, and There is a Pattern Here
Aug 19, 2024 · It’s hard to say. Spirit’s a la carte seat assignment pricing is wild. On October 15, the cheapest seat you can reserve on a Go fare is $14 from LAX to Newark, but it’s $18 on the short hop to Las Vegas. So your mileage will absolutely vary depending upon where you’re going.
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Why are One-Way Fares So Expensive Internationally? (Ask Cranky)
Feb 7, 2018 · Offering low one-way fares is a way to steal that traffic when a price-sensitive consumer is interested. So, what you’ve seen, Jeremy, is a dinosaur. If someone wants to fly one way to Florida, then Virgin Atlantic (with Delta) is betting that it’s a less price-sensitive business traveler. Eventually, however, that meteor is going to hit ...
Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland ...
Oct 4, 2024 · United Passes FAA’s Safety Test. The FAA completed its audit of United Airlines and confirmed that it found no major safety issues with the carrier outside of its insistence on maintaining a hub in Newark.. The inquiry came after a tough spring for the carrier which saw a series of safety-related incidents in quick succession.
A Walk Through Hawaiian’s New, Well-Designed 787
CFon Mar 11, 2024 Mar 12, 2024 - 47 Comments on A Walk Through Hawaiian’s New, Well-Designed 787. Hawaiian. It has been a long road for Hawaiian to figure out how to replace (er, augment?) its Airbus A330 fleet with a new flagship, but after two failed attemps with Airbus, the airline has officially taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9.