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Frontier’s routes in two of New York’s biggest airports signals a shift in strategy as it moves some of its capacity away from over-served leisure markets.
Meghna Maharishi | 1 week ago
It's time for the appointment of a permanent FAA Administrator equipped to demonstrate strong leadership in devising a plan to rapidly rebuild the controller workforce.
David Shepardson, Reuters | 8 months ago
News Blog
On the same day, Wednesday, that United hub Newark Airport, JFK and LaGuardia saw more than 2,000 flight cancellations by a variety of carriers, CEO Scott Kirby chartered a private jet from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey to Denver, according to published reports. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby at the Denver airport in May 2023.…
Dennis Schaal | 9 months ago
Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at United's weather headaches, U.S. ground transport, and hotel tech innovations.
Rashaad Jorden | 9 months ago
Airline Weekly
It doesn't take much weather to throw an airline's operations into chaos. Add in an air traffic controller shortage, and some internal challenges, and you have the mess that is United this week.
9 months ago
It's not often that travelers have something to look forward to at Newark Liberty International Airport. The new $2.7 billion Terminal A will open in December, the latest in a series of major airport projects opening around the U.S. this year. The first 21 gates of the 33-gate facility will open on December 8, officials…
Edward Russell | 1 year ago
United, JetBlue, American, and others are about to have new digs at Newark Airport when a new terminal opens in November.
2 years ago
Air India, the erstwhile Indian state carrier which had been bought by the Tata Group in a $2.4 billion deal earlier this year, announced on Monday that it would look to progressively induct 30 new aircraft from December onwards, over the next 15 months. With the succesful induction of the 25 narrow-body and five wide-body…
Peden Doma Bhutia | 2 years ago
Spirit Airlines' two-and-a-half year saga to expand at Newark Liberty International Airport has a happy ending. Late on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the discounter 16 peak "runway timings" — in short, rights to takeoff and land at an airport during a given hour — that Spirit sued for in December 2019. The…
Edward Russell | 2 years ago
United Airlines is joining the growing ranks of U.S. airlines cutting flights this summer in order to provide travelers with some semblance of a reliable operation. The Chicago-based carrier is pulling roughly 50 daily flights from its schedule at Newark Liberty International Airport from July 1 through the end of the summer in order to…