One of these days we will be able to announce the Cranky Dorkfest date for the next year at the current year’s event, but we aren’t quite there yet. Still, we have gotten much better about giving ...

This just follows the maxim that if your city touches the Mediterranean, it can support a flight to the US in summer. Nobody flies from the US to Split, and only Neos flies to JFK from Bari. Neos ...

Why you can’t just move to an empty airplane seat for free – USA Today No, you can’t just move to an empty seat on a plane especially if it’s a fancy one that costs money. But that doesn’t mean you ...

To be fair, this era of flying outside the US was really part two of the AirTran era. It took forever, but Southwest eventually coaxed its systems into being able to handle service outside the ...

Interisland seats dropped by about 15 percent from Q1 to Q2, and the fare even dipped ever-so-slightly. But loads soared from 48 percent to 60 percent (they were at 47 percent in Q2 2024), and that ...

The most pressing issue in the short-term was finding some sort of Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) financing to keep the business running while it reorganized. It had stuffed itself full of as much cash as ...

Reading through financial filings can be a tedious task. American’s 10-Q for the third quarter of 2023 clocks in at 211 pages, and most of that is only of interest to the finance types. But there was ...

It was 2006 when the legendary Five-Party Agreement was signed between Southwest, American, Dallas, Fort Worth, and DFW Airport which would make sweeping changes once Congress passed it. This allowed ...

Southwest extended its schedule from early March to early April last week. Sure it included a new city — Knoxville — but the real news was buried in the weeds. Even though capacity is basically flat ...

It is apparently regulatory week here on Cranky, and I’m going to spill into next week with another two-parter, this time looking at the situation at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Delta has been struggling ...

It always seems to sneak up on us, but this week is the fifth annual Cranky Network Awards presented by Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The nominees are ready, the trophies are engraved, and ...

Southwest does did not lay people off. In the nearly 54 years since the airline started flying, it never has laid anyone off, and that was a key part of the company lore. But late yesterday, on a ...