I mentioned the big press event at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in yesterday's post, and I said I'd follow it up today with a podcast with American CEO Doug Parker. You'll find that embedded | Continue reading
There was a big event in a hidden room in the bowels of Terminal 5 at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) last week. American Airlines officially "broke ground" on a massive $1.6 billion project to | Continue reading
I wrote about possible doom and gloom for American's Phoenix hub last week, but today I'm going to put the rose-colored glasses on and look at this in a different way... the way American itself | Continue reading
The gap between what travelers can expect from low-cost and legacy airlines has been narrowing for some time, but there has long been one key area where legacy airlines could deliver far more: reaccommodation during | Continue reading
Tomorrow is Dorkfest! Hope to see some of you at In-N-Out by LAX between 11 and 1p... This week's featured link:How United’s Working to Right the Ship: An Interview With UA Leaders - The Points GuyChris | Continue reading
Fall must nearly be here. The air is crisp, leaves are changing colors, and Congress is trying to regulate airline fees. It's a time-honored tradition, and one so dependable that I was able to reuse | Continue reading
I spent most of this week at the Boyd Conference (properly known as the International Aviation Forecast Summit). While I have plenty of posts to compile from that, it's something that wasn't announced at | Continue reading
Thanks to a mess of bad weather in the eastern half of the country, it has been a rough summer for airline operations. I swear it's been so bad lately that any day I | Continue reading
Everyone remembers what happened on April 9, 2017. Ok, you might not recall the exact date, but that was the day that the Chicago airport police forcibly dragged Dr. Dao off a United Express | Continue reading
Second quarter earnings reports have come and gone, and there were two particularly interesting pieces of news coming from American. First, American announced it will begin allowing Basic Economy travelers to bring regular carry-ons | Continue reading
Yesterday, American Eagle flight 4927 landed in Salisbury, Maryland right around dusk. That flight, operated by a Dash 8-300, marks the end of turboprop operations for its owner, Piedmont, and for American Eagle. | Continue reading
Welcome back for the second part of my interview with Robert Isom, President of American Airlines, while he was in Los Angeles for a town hall with employees. | Continue reading
On Friday, I had the chance to spend some time with Robert Isom, President of American Airlines, when he came to Los Angeles for a town hall meeting. I've long | Continue reading
It's time for another Ask Cranky. This one is a follow-up on a post I wrote last December. I read your post in December [about American opening up more awar | Continue reading
You may have heard yesterday something about how the Department of Transportation (DOT) was investigating maintenance practices at Allegiant and American. That | Continue reading
Everyone wants an Atlanta. Delta has built Atlanta into an incredible hub, a machine that pushes through an enormous number ... Read More | Continue reading