Airlines are Implementing DOT Auto-Refunds, and It’s Bad News for Travelers

The Department of Transportation (DOT) in late April finalized rules requiring airlines to automatically issue […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 2 days ago

Elliott and Southwest Declare a Truce… For Now

Southwest announced its third quarter earnings this week, and the results were not bad. (It’s […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 3 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 […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 6 days ago

Play Airlines Plans to Play in the Sand Instead of the States

Things don’t appear to be going all that well for Iceland-based Play Airlines, the heir […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 7 days ago

Introducing The Air Show Podcast Where I Join Forces With Brian Sumers and Jon Ostrower

After last year’s Cranky Dorkfest, I headed over to The Proud Bird to relax and […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 7 months ago

A Walk Through Hawaiian’s New, Well-Designed 787

It has been a long road for Hawaiian to figure out how to replace (er, […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 7 months ago

Avelo’s First Profitable Quarter is a Milestone

It has actually happened. Avelo made money. Well, at least, it made a pre-tax profit […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 7 months ago

Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue and Spirit End Things, United Grows Overseas

JetBlue, Spirit Agree to See Other People The long romance is finally over as JetBlue […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 7 months ago

A Closer Look at American’s Focus on Increasing Network Superiority

I already tackled the commercial strategy laid out in American’s investor presentation from earlier this […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 7 months ago

Armed With Tortured Data, American Takes Its Old New York Strategy Systemwide

American Airlines held its first investor day in years yesterday, and while several execs did […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

Delta Fires Back Over DOT’s Aeromexico Rejection and Allegiant Takes Delta’s Side

When the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it would end the antitrust immunity (ATI) given […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

Cranky on the Web: CNA Wrap and a Pod

Q&A: 1-on-1 with Southwest COO Andrew Watterson – Blue Sky NewsPittsburgh airport’s news site was […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue and Spirit Back in Court, Southwest Hits Pause

JetBlue, Spirit Forge Ahead JetBlue and Spirit will continue to grasp at straws appeal their […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

A First Look at What You Missed at The 2024 Cranky Network Awards

Last week I put on the 2024 Cranky Network Awards presented by Oakland International Airport […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

The Great Canadian Shakeout Begins as Lynx Shuts Down

It was a surreal moment on Thursday night. We were frantically preparing for the start […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

American Expands Its War Against Travel Agents to Now Punish Travelers

It is no secret that American wants everyone to book directly with the airline. It […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

Cranky on the Web: Spirited Discussions

Airlines ConfidentialI sat down with Ben Baldanza and Scott McCartney on their podcast to talk […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

JetBlue May Have Finally Been on a Good Path, but Icahn’s Investment Changes Things

Welcome back to the second part of Carl Icahn week. I wrote about what Icahn […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

A Look at Carl Icahn’s TWA Experience Before Looking Ahead to JetBlue

Let’s call this Carl Icahn week here at Cranky. This Thursday is the fourth annual […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

Cranky on the Web: JetBlue’s Reset

JetBlue resets with new CEO, industry veterans to run airline on time, and profitably – […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Icahn is Back, Frontier’s Ohio Growth

Icahn’s Big Blue Gamble JetBlue stock shot up this week when former TWA executive Carl […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

After 35 Years, Lakeland Gets Another Chance with Avelo

Sometime in the spring of 1988, the last Delta Connection puddle jumper departed Lakeland, Florida […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

Spirit’s Turnaround Plan is Filled With Hopes and Dreams, Few Specifics

To the surprise of nobody, Spirit lost a bunch more money in the fourth quarter […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

When Hot Markets Go Cold: Vegas Edition

I looked at the awful Q3 results for Orlando last week, and this week it’s […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

Cranky on the Web: 10 Years Since United Left Cleveland

Lower fares, fewer flights: How the closure of United’s hub in Cleveland has altered air […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Spirit Comes Up Short, Frontier Adds a Perfect 10

Spirit Ends Tumultuous Year in the Red Spirit Airlines’s 2023 Earnings Report revealed that 2023 […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

The Cranky Flier Interview with Southwest SVP Network Planning and Network Operations Control Adam Decaire

Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Back in 2022 when Andrew […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

When Hot Markets Go Cold: Orlando Edition

We heard last year all about the struggles in the ultra low cost carrier (ULCC) […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

SkyWest Finds a Place for All Those CRJs With Contour Stake

There’s a good chance you missed it, but in SkyWest’s earnings release this week, the […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 8 months ago

Cranky on the Web: The Idiotic Attacks on Airline Diversity

How right-wing influencers turned airplanes and airports into culture war battlegrounds – NBC NewsThe fact […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue & Spirit Appeal, American Goes Long

JetBlue, Spirit File Appeal The lawyers for JetBlue and Spirit, realizing their gravy train might […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

JetBlue Starts to Reveal a Plan to Improve On Its Own, And It Isn’t Terrible

JetBlue has spent much of the last couple years hoping that others would solve its […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

One Part of Breeze’s Financials is Hard to Believe

As you know, I almost never allow guest posts on the site, but that doesn’t […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

Aeroméxico and Delta Joint Venture Forced to Unwind As Political Fight Escalates

In a scathing smack-down of Mexican government policies, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) has […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: MAX 9 to Return This Weekend, Earnings Season is Here

FAA Opens Door to MAX 9 to Return The FAA established the process for the […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

Frontier Prepares for a World Where Spirit Continues to Exist

Frontier made quite the splash this week when it rolled out a whopping 54 new […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

Mesa Lives to See Another Day

Say what you will about Mesa — and there is plenty that has been said […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

Departing JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes Has Little to Show for His Nine Years at the Helm

JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes recently announced that he would step down on February 12 after […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: JetBlue, Spirit Left Feeling Blue, MAX 9 Grounding Continues

JetBlue’s Deflated Spirit When U.S. District Judge William Young ended the merger of JetBlue and […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

JetBlue and Spirit Forced to Develop Their Own Strategies After the Merger is Blocked

I’ve moved up my usual Thursday post to Wednesday instead… since there was no reason […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

The Cranky Flier Interview with Porter EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Kevin Jackson

Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. It has finally happened. I […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

A Quick Note on the Delta A350-1000 Order

It’s a holiday, so I normally wouldn’t post today. But I have a backup of things […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: MAX 9’s Remain Grounded, JetBlue’s New CEO

FAA’s MAX 9 Investigation Begins The FAA opened its formal investigation into the incident on […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

A New Cranky Talk is Live – Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 and the Boeing 737-9 Max

Listen on Apple, Spotify, direct, or wherever you get your podcasts. Airplanes having problems? Seems like […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

And the Nominees for the 2024 Cranky Network Awards are…

It’s that time of year again. When the calendar turns over, that means it’s time to […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

American’s Europe Fares Can’t Keep Pace

One of the best things about the coming Cranky Network Awards on Feb 22 in […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

A Confusing Series of Events Following the Boeing 737-9 MAX Losing Its Plug Door

What a week it’s been in the airline industry. First there was the Japan Airlines A350 […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 9 months ago

Cranky Weekly Review Presented by Oakland International Airport: Denver’s Mile High Plans, Air Canada’s Top Ten Performance

United Submits First Plans for Denver Site United Airlines plans to have the first facility […] | Continue reading


@crankyflier.com | 10 months ago