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Alaska’s Anchorage to Tokyo Flight Is an Exciting Experiment
Alaska has announced that it will begin flying from Anchorage to Tokyo/Narita on a B737-8 MAX every day in summer from May 13 through September 7. It will then pick it up again in winter flying 3x weekly starting in January. This is a very creative use of an airplane. This move…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: JetBlue and Frontier Earnings, Alaska Heads to Tokyo
JetBlue Earnings Leave the Carrier Feeling Blue but Not as Blue as Some Predicted JetBlue announced its Q3 earnings a day early on Monday as the carrier reported a loss bigger than last year’s Q3 loss of $257 million. But its stock was up later in the day as its forecast for Q4…
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You Asked, I Flew to Loreto (Trip Report)
It’s the trip you’ve been asking for. Literally. With an expiring Alaska credit, I decided to let you tell me where to go one week ago today. When the votes were counted, you picked Loreto, and so that’s where I went. I know you’re dying to hear about it, so I didn’t want to…
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American’s Nat Pieper Carries His Northwest and Delta Heritage With Him
An “introvert by trade” with an algebra teacher for a mother and lawyer for a father, American’s Chief Commercial Officer Nat Pieper was brought up to analyze and then act. You’re going to study. You’re going to do your homework, you’re going to put rational arguments together.…
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The MAX 10 Getting Certified is a Really Big Deal
The logjam has finally broken. After years of Boeing’s arrogance-driven ride into the much-deserved penalty box, it is finally getting airplanes certified again. First, we had the B737-7 MAX, and now the -10 has been certified as well. The -10 is a much bigger deal for the…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Earnings Daze
American Earnings Paint Bleak Picture “American delivered record third-quarter revenue and the strongest year-over-year revenue growth in my career, with premium performance leading the way,” American CEO Robert Isom said in a releAAse which buries the lede that AA’s Q3 was poor…
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Tell Me Where to Go
This week has been unexpectedly busy, and I don’t have a post that’s quite ready for primetime today. So, instead, I’m going to do something weird. I’m going to have you tell me where to go. See, I have a credit on Alaska that must have all travel completed in the next week. I…
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The 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030 Cranky Network Awards Will Be in Phoenix
Summer is over, and that means planning for the Cranky Network Awards presented by Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is in full swing. I thought it was time for a little update on where things stand, and I’m delighted to announce that we’ll be staying in Phoenix for years…
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Sports Charters: How Air Canada Flies Domestically in the US
Fall has arrived, and though I’m still completely and totally focused on the baseball postseason, it is also the time when the NBA and NHL start their games. I noticed a couple of odd charters that caught my eye, and that, as usual, sent me down the rabbit hole looking at how…
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Southwest’s Use of Language Eliminates the Fun
Southwest held a media day last week to announce more details on lounges and changes to the Rapid Rewards program. I didn’t attend, but there was one thing that really stood out from all these announcements. The fun, the playfulness, is being designed out of the airline, and…
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Cranky Weekly Review presented by Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport: Rapid Rewards Transforms, Delta One’s Next Act
Southwest Overhauls Rapid Rewards Another day and another dramatic change for Southwest Airlines — the carrier shared its 2027 Rapid Rewards Program and things sure are going to look different. The carrier is leaving no stone unturned — everything is changing. New elite tiers,…