We’re just a bit over one month away from the 2023 Cranky Community Awards introduced by Phoenix Sky Harbor Worldwide Airport the place we award the perfect in US/Canada airline community planning, and which means it’s time to announce the nominees!
It was a really completely different form of yr than final yr because the restoration strikes extra right into a forward-looking development plan for many. We’ve modified some classes in comparison with final yr due to that actuality.
As soon as once more, we’ve put collectively a video saying the nominees, however we aren’t breaking it up into two posts this time. We’re simply saying every part abruptly. There’s no purpose to make you wait.
If you happen to don’t like my slick video enhancing expertise, or you possibly can’t hearken to the CNA theme music with out getting overexcited for the principle occasion on Feb 23, listed here are the nominees in print.
Sexiest New Route – Quick-Haul
- Miami – Tortola on American
- Nashville – Steamboat Springs on Southwest
- New York/JFK – Pereira on Avianca
- Palm Springs – Santa Rosa on Avelo
- London (Ontario) – Tucson on Aptitude
Sexiest New Route – Lengthy-Haul
- Atlanta – Cape City on Delta
- DFW – Melbourne on Qantas
- Honolulu – Raratonga on Hawaiian
- Seattle – Papeete on Air Tahiti Nui
- Newark – Malaga on United
Calculated Danger Award introduced by Embraer
- JetBlue acquisition of Spirit
- Solar Nation refocuses on Minneapolis
- Allegiant slows growth
- Porter’s E2 transfer
- American and Mesa break up
Most Intelligent Flight Quantity
- United 163 Dubai – Newark
- United 769 Chicago/O’Hare – Barcelona
- Aptitude 1849 Vancouver – San Francisco
- Solar Nation 1818 Omaha – Minneapolis
- Qantas 22 DFW – Melbourne
Finest Plane-Enabled Alternative
- Sacramento – Toronto on Air Canada
- Westchester – Los Angeles on Breeze
- Miami – Ocho Rios on American
- Newark – Göteborg on SAS
- Detroit – Keflavik on Icelandair
Most Promising New Partnership introduced by Pittsburgh Worldwide Airport
- United and Emirates
- WestJet and Authorities of Alberta
- Aptitude and Tucson
- JetBlue and Spirit
- Alaska and Air Tahiti Nui
Finest Airport Companion
- Louisville Worldwide Airport
- San Diego Worldwide Airport
- Tulsa Worldwide Airport
- Asheville Regional Airport
- Edmonton Worldwide Airport
Regional Apocalypse Survivor Award introduced by Landline
- American Airways
- Delta Air Strains
- United Airways
- Alaska Airways
- Air Canada
Most Improved Community introduced by Phoenix Sky Harbor Worldwide Airport
- Solar Nation (Minneapolis strikes)
- WestJet (Refocusing on Calgary)
- Breeze (A220 community rollout)
- Frontier (Shift into greater markets)
- Spirit (Including small market breadth)
There are 4 extra classes that should not have nominees however quite have a pre-ordained winner. Previously, we’ve introduced what was profitable for every of these classes, however we aren’t doing that this yr. The winners have already been notified, however we thought it’d add a bit of extra pleasure into the awards if we held that again. These classes are:
- Kingsford Smith Southern Cross Award introduced by Oakland Worldwide Airport – honoring achievement over the Pacific
- Matchmaker Award – honoring the perfect catalyst for a brand new partnership
- Route Victory Award – honoring a single route’s success
- Community Victory Award introduced by Boeing – honoring a bigger profitable community achievement
Curious what a few of these classes imply precisely? Questioning what a few of these flight numbers are? We’ll discuss it extra on a Cranky Discuss podcast coming later this week.