Alaska Airlines has quietly begun selling selected Breeze Airways flights, an unusual tie-up that looks far more significant on a route map than it currently is in practice. Alaska has confirmed to Cranky Flier that it has an interline agreement with Breeze, but the initial test is limited to standaloneContinue Reading
Ukraine‘s long-range drone campaign is creating an increasingly serious problem for Russia‘s commercial aviation system. As originally reported by the Wall Street Journal, aviation-security specialist Osprey Flight Solutions has recorded 993 temporary airport shutdown events in August alone, equivalent to 32 per day. It further estimates that approximately 16,000 UkrainianContinue Reading
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has rejected the Federal Aviation Administration‘s (FAA) responses to 11 of 33 safety recommendations stemming from the January 2025 midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), classifying the regulator’s responses as “unacceptable.” The collision between PSA Airlines-operated American Airlines Flight 5342 ,Continue Reading
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) retained its position as the world’s busiest airport in 2025, handling 106.3 million passengers. It is also the center of Delta Air Lines‘ network: the carrier currently advertises nearly 1,000 peak-day departures from Atlanta to more than 200 destinations. Yet a comparison of Delta’s networkContinue Reading