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I’ve written a couple of times about BermudAir, but I’ve never been overly impressed with the airline’s prospects to make something of itself. But now, well, now I may be rethinking this. In a massive change in operating structure, the airline announced an innovative new expansion which will open up service to Belize, Grand Cayman, and Turks and Caicos (Providenciales) along ...

It may almost be summer, but today we need to talk about cold, dark February. That may be the toughest winter month for many, and that’s why — thanks to our presenting sponsor Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport — next year’s Cranky Network Awards will once again be in Phoenix, Arizona. We can’t promise heat and sunny skies, but we can promise it’ll be hotter and sunnier...

It is official. The last airline in the US that still handed out free meals on domestic coach flights is going to serve its last freebie on June 30. The next day, Hawaiian Airlines will move to a buy-on-board program (except for the...

In what is probably a dramatic understatement, Southwest has faced a great deal of change over the last couple of years. I don’t need to rehash all the gory details, but this is an airline that has felt like it has been in transition since Gary Kelly stepped down as CEO in 2022 and Bob Jordan took over. Bob has always felt like a caretaker meant to transition from the old gua...

As Spirit continues to liquidate on its way out the door, the shuttered carrier plans to put its 22 slots at LGA — with their street value of almost $87 million —