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After a frenzy of speculation about airline M&A, talks have dried up. The industry is too consolidated for the big carriers to merge, and the smaller ones don't have viable partners.

After closing a merger with Sun Country, Allegiant CEO Greg Anderson is eyeing ways to strengthen the carrier’s credit card and loyalty programs.

As consolidation reshapes European aviation, EasyJet remains one of its most prized assets – and seemingly one of its hardest deals to pull off.

Connecting 22 cities in nine months is a bold ambition.

U.S. airline consolidation chatter is deafening. But it might be much talk about nothing. At last week’s Bernstein investor conference, airline CEOs poured cold water on the speculation. United’s Scott Kirby called the economics of buying JetBlue “mathematically close to impossible."

Halting customs at Newark — one of the busiest international hubs in the U.S. — would be a logistical nightmare for airlines.

While IndiGo Founder Rahul Bhatia said incoming CEO Willie Walsh will "run the shop in its entirety," but the strategic perimeter appears to have been drawn before Walsh has set foot in the building.

Guatemala’s tourism push is about delivery as well as discovery. Routes, rooms, and reliability on the ground are needed to compete for high-spending travelers who have established choices elsewhere in the region.

Southwest's CEO says the airline "doesn't have to become Delta." But these and other changes keep pushing it in that direction.

United is done trying to buy growth. Scott Kirby is now betting that weaker rivals will hand it to him for free.