2013 › February

Cruises

Carnival Triumph’s big failure: The mounting costs for Carnival Cruise Lines

Because of the importance of the Caribbean to U.S. cruising, the Triumph failure will most certainly hit Carnival harder than it's Concordia disaster last year, even without the large loss of life.

Hannah Sampson, Miami Herald | 11 years ago

Airlines

The new American: detailed investor presentations from both companies

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Behind US Airways’ careful plot to take over American Airlines

The story is really one of smart leadership and management at US Airways and how it was able to pick apart the weaknesses at American that had been created by that carrier's years of poor executive decisions.

Reuters | 11 years ago

Airlines

What U.S. flyers think about the AA-US Air merger, as told on Twitter

The first airline merger to be announced on Twitter gave way to a flood of reactions and questions from U.S. flyers that basically only concerned with one thing: how the new airline would impact them.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

Updated: The new American recounts its collective history in new video ad

This new American is proud of the history each of its airlines brings and will likely play itself up as the ultimate U.S. airline based off its collective legacy in the industry.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Skift Originals

Employee letter from US Airways CEO Doug Parker on the merger

Skift | 11 years ago

Airlines

It’s officially official: American and US Airways merge to create world’s largest airline

OK, that was easy:) The merger sets the stage for a new era in U.S. aviation history as legacy carriers have been whittled down to three. Who's next? Southwest (nah, preoccupied with AirTran at the moment). Alaska Airlines, Frontier, JetBlue?

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Cruises

Carnival promises cash to stranded passengers, but they’re still not home

In spite of the Costa Concordia disaster and the Costa Allegra stranding, Carnival didn't think 2012 was so bad. Now that its failures have hit closer to home it may very well sing another tune for 2013.

Hannah Sampson, Miami Herald | 11 years ago

Airlines

American Airlines versus US Airways, by the numbers

Victoria Stilwell, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Airlines

How Doug Parker worked his way from analyst to head of the world’s biggest airline

The case of Doug Parker, the affable CEO that’s be known to dress up as Psy for Halloween, will be a study for business courses when looking at CEOs that have relentlessly gone after what their businesses needed and succeeded.

Andrea Ahles, Fort Worth Star-Telegram | 11 years ago