Spirit has proudly taken the lead on challenging couplings in the past, most notably the NEA. That fight resulted in an impressive act of juggling since it was just shortly after that it agreed to be ...

Of all the things that Southwest announced in its turnaround plan, the changes in seating were obviously the most buzzy. But I’ve been surprised to see just how much talk there was around the decision ...

Activist investor Elliott has decided that Southwest Airlines is being run poorly, and it thinks changes can be made that will spike the share price from $28ish today to $49 in short order. We can all ...

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 ...

Breeze Aviation Group, Inc., dba Breeze Airways is David Neeleman’s latest airline, flying for almost three years now. As a private company, Breeze doesn’t file SEC financials, but as a US commercial ...

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 ...

And I have to admit that today’s post is a little self-serving, because I just feel the need to vent out my frustration… and the frustration of my entire team. It has been incredibly aggravating for ...

On the surface, it looked like American and JetBlue had a strong case to continue their partnership, but in a 94-page ruling released Friday, Judge Leo Sorokin painted a picture of ineptitude. He ...

When I wrote recently about American’s efforts to create a fortress network, there was one obvious outlier. While American has tried to grow its position in the places where it is most dominant, the ...

There’s been plenty of talk about New York/LaGuardia finally having shed itself of the old Central Terminal Area with its gleaming new Terminal B. While the rebuild of Delta’s Terminal C continues, ...

There was some minor uproar over the weekend when it was revealed that American had adjusted its domestic contract of carriage — or conditions of carriage, as the airline calls it — to remove some ...

My name is Brett Snyder, and I am the President and Chief Airline Dork of Cranky Flier LLC. I’ve had the airline bug since I was young. I never wanted to fly… I just loved the complexity of the ...