Sure, I could have used the extra 500 miles in my quest to get Alaska Airlines status, but it wasn’t worth the extra cost. I downloaded the Frontier app before I left home, because I wanted to make ...

American loses nine-ish gates — depending upon how they are configured for regionals or narrowbodies — on G, almost the entire concourse, and then gains the three gates at the top of the L-stinger for ...

There’s no question that SkyWest is the clear market leader, but Republic has long been a number two. It always had an ace — it holds a lot of those slots at congested northeast airports itself, so ...

It’s clear that we in the US have entered a self-inflicted economic downturn. While there is plenty that is not clear regarding how bad it will be and how quickly things will improve, every airline’s ...

I received an invite to a United event at SFO, and my curiosity was piqued. It was advertised this way: “Join CEO Scott Kirby to hear about United’s growth plans at San Francisco International Airport ...

The Cranky Network Awards may be over for 2025, but the articles continue to come in celebrating some of the wins. I love to see this. We want the network teams to be proud of the work they’ve done.

Yes, Adelaide is flashy and fascinating considering that it’s a smallish city on the southern coast of Australia. For the people of Adelaide this is huge news. I’m just wondering if United can ...

I have never cared about elite status, not even a little bit. Would an upgrade be nice? Sure, but I don’t travel enough to have high enough status to think that I’d ever actually get one. And I’m not ...

I joined OAG for a webinar looking at summer demand which you can watch in its entirety right here. OAG did put out that stat showing a massive dip in demand between Canada and the US, but it looks ...

In the post-pandemic world, airlines have been struggling to figure out how to deal with the massive variability in demand by day-of-week. Every airline has been forced to make adjustments, but now ...

Cranky on the Web: So Much Southwest + Demand is Dropping + CNA Wrap Video ...