It's not percentage increase. It's the aggregate increase in ASKs and where it came from.

The continued shift to premium Premium seats are growing almost three times as fast as economy in the U.S.

Premium seats in the U.S. continue to outgrow economy. It's not from aircraft reconfigurations.
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Be safe Starke County Indiana! Tornado ripping through my home town. Knox, Hamlet, Grovertown.

I find your shared frustration mildly helpful as I sit on the ramp nauseous after a particularly bumpy arrival into San Diego. On the positive side, I've discovered a new mild case of claustrophobia I didn't know I had, so... there's that.

It's row 10 on an A321-something. I can't see out the window to see the engines, but there is an L2 door so very likely a CEO. I think they only had a handful of early neos with mid-cabin doors.

My Main Cabin Extra "window" seat. Fool me once...

Love it! Now just add those "flights" to TKI next year, and I will be a happy frequent Land-Liner!

Player two just entered the messaging game. Player one has been there a long time.

I can't help but think that all of this could have been avoided if we had chosen better words for "trade deficit."

Cranky Network Awards 2025 Quick Wrap Video YouTube video by crankyflier

Did you miss the Cranky Network Awards presented by Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport this year? Our first, short wrap-up video is live. This is just a quick hit but stay tuned for a longer one featuring winners in the near future. youtu.be/QvMISGNadY4

Southwest execs no longer run Southwest. This is the value extraction we expected from Elliott. Another sad day, indeed.

That was one of our favorites. Hope you enjoy!

Please keep sharing these kind of stories, Brian. Normally we wouldn't hear them in the mass of messaging we're inundated with, but this made my day.

An historic day in commercial aviation. The day company culture lost out to activist investors.

Tariff travel trouble The (probably) unintended consequences of threatening trade

Will Canadians continue to book away from the U.S. in response to tariff threats?

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Frontier and Spirit - 2.0 "We were on a break!"

Frontier and Spirit 2.0. The two airlines have been growing into each other's territory for years. weekly.visualapproach.io/p/frontier-a...

Wow. it must feel terrible when someone takes something you made and uses it without permission or payment

Embraer already offers a great narrowbody that airlines aren't rushing to buy. Sounds more like customers venting at Boeing and Airbus.

Why so many stored aircraft during a shortage? The dichotomy of parked aircraft and needed aircraft.

We've been writing about this for years. How can we have a shortage of aircraft with so many parked? This is how.

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Top charts of 2024 The most liked, viewed, universally liked, and universally hated charts of the year

Our most viewed, most controversial, biggest surprise and personal favorite charts of the year.

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U.S. premium seat growth Where the big seats are

Where the big seats are: 2024 vs 2019 U.S. domestic

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Breeze Airways - up and to the right (ish) A case study in rapid growth

Breeze. Capacity up and to the right.

Profits? Not so much.

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Ah, the proverbial old guy who doesn't like sitting in different seats at church. Every church has one. Congrats. You're it.

Having combined pine needles with fire during a more pyromania period in my past, those fireworks make me nervous... or excited. I can't decide.

I don't think people fully appreciate just how much new tech burnout there is. This isn't about the CSeries, which has its own problems. It's about the neo and MAX, which were supposed to be the easy changes. For the first time in aviation history, old tech is more economical.

Why Southwest blinked The Hawaiian interisland bloodbath

Southwest just blinked in Hawaii. Here's why:

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