3 Aviation Trends We're Tracking At Skift This Week
Every week we post hundreds of stories across various sectors in travel, connecting the dots across various global trends, and in these weekend posts we highlight the stories that tackle these trends. This one looks at top aviation trends.
For all of our trends roundups, go here.
>> Airlines are bringing more ancillary services to IFE: Aviation Tech Giants Join Forces to Increase Airline Seat Revenue
>> Not great news for Chinese airlines: Chinese Airlines Had Some of the Worst On-Time Records in August
>> Spirit Airlines joins list of low-cost U.S. airlines rebranding: Spirit Airlines Joins Southwest and Frontier on the Rebranding Bandwagon
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