Better late than never — the DOT approved the merger of Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines this week, paving the way to complete the joining of the two carriers while they will continue to maintain their ...

After the US Department of Justice (DOJ) decided to let the Alaska/Hawaiian merger review period pass without saying a word, it seemed like the merger was a done deal. But then, something curious ...

The day started out on the ramp outside the Flight Path Museum on the south side of LAX. LAWA really stepped it up this year with a bigger ramp visit that had some surprises. This is becoming a ...

The town of Friedrichschafen is home to two historic aviation companies: Zeppelin and Dornier. We visited both museums and went for a ride on a Zeppelin during our action-packed day this summer. It’s ...

The problem for Frontier is actually figuring out why its revenue is doing what it’s doing. The airline has made sweeping changes over the past year, and when you do that, it means you can’t tag one ...

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 ...

Though I was ready to come home from our European adventure, I was not looking forward to our flights. We had several places we could have returned from, but Prague by far required the fewest points.

American tried to spice things up with a teaser video for its summer 2025 European schedule reveal, but this wasn’t a spicy kind of announcement. Instead, American is choosing to stick to its ...

JetBlue seemed to flail during the pandemic under the leadership of CEO Robin Hayes. He departed this Feb and new CEO (previously President) Joanna Geraghty re-made the management team. Since that ...

As the big ultra low cost carriers (ULCCs) continue to bleed money, many have asked questions about how things went so wrong so quickly. The thing is, it didn’t happen all that fast. The ULCCs, ...