We are a mere three days away from this year’s Cranky Dorkfest on Saturday, September 13, and that means it is time to get ready. What do you need to do? Let me help… 1) If yo ...

Once again, I continue the tradition Holly Hegeman started so many years ago… honoring those on-duty crewmembers who were murdered that day by printing their names.

Spirit is bankrupt, and it has told us that it will redesign its network. The airline is not wasting much time. Last week it announced it would be exiting 12 airports. Ok, it’s exiting 11 it already ...

Spirit was born in Detroit, but it earned its ultra low-cost carrier wings in Florida. The West wasn’t a part of the Spirit story in a meaningful way until fairly recently, and as I mentioned ...

México has long done things its own way when it comes to aviation, sometimes without rhyme or reason. That is what has gotten the country into trouble with the US recently thanks to claimed violations ...

There is no LUV for Southwest Airlines management this week as activist investor Elliott has taken more than a 10 percent stake in the airline and wants to fire Chairman Gary Kelly and CEO Bob Jordan.

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 ...

United made a huge push into the Pacific this winter, and the numbers are somewhat staggering. With so many seats flooding the market, it’s perhaps not surprising that United has struggled to fill ...

I talked yesterday about Southwest’s broader plan coming out of its investor day, but today I want to talk about the most significant change, Southwest’s decision to assign all seats and add an extra ...