Southwest announced its third quarter earnings this week, and the results were not bad. (It’s easy to look good when you announce the same day as American….) But this wasn’t the most important news of ...

If you’re looking to fly coach to Europe during the off-peak season, it is really cheap. CNBC took a look at what is happening, but don’t expect this to last beyond the winter. I know Cranky Dorkfest ...

First, Frontier’s average stage length absolutely plunged 14 percent from 996 miles to 856 miles. If you’re flying 14 percent less, you don’t mind the 8 percent decline in fare quite as much. Still, ...

You know when you start poking around data and then 175 hours later you realize you may have just gone a bit too far? That’s where I found myself recently when I began to dive into the world of ...

The Department of Transportation (DOT) in late April finalized rules requiring airlines to automatically issue refunds if there’s a disruption and no acceptable alternative exists. It sounds great in ...

Chicago is of course an important destination, but it’s also the most useful connecting hub to the Northeast US without flying to BWI. The addition of a redeye to BWI allows Southwest to maintain ...

Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Alaska’s Big Quarter, JetBlue’s Less-Big Quarter ...

When the Soviet empire fell apart in the 1990s, so did Czechoslovakia. ČSA was actually ahead of the curve by two years when it split into Czechoslovakian Airlines (which later became the Czech we ...

In 1986, United Airlines took over Pan Am’s Pacific route network. This was arguably the beginning of the end for Pan Am, but it’s also what brought United into the big leagues as a true international ...