Airline News

Major European airline bosses want stronger protection from Gulf rivals. Sir Tim's message? You had decades to compete, and chose North America instead.

Budget airlines are turning to the Trump administration for aid as high fuel costs threaten their ability to stay in business.

India may be one of aviation’s fastest-growing markets, but access comes with tight regulatory strings attached.

Scott Kirby is using the dead American Airlines merger to pitch a new narrative — but don’t forget, his real audience is in D.C. rather than Dallas.

Geopolitics no longer hovers in the background for travel, it shows up directly in booking numbers. It could be a diplomatic freeze, or a conflict nowhere near your destination. Demand vanishes or, almost worse, reroutes overnight to a competitor destination that was ready to catch it.

Drama, drama, in the air. Drama, drama everywhere. The U.S. airline industry is witnessing dramatic changes indeed. No, United isn’t merging with American. But Southwest is quietly achieving a heroic turnaround, posting Delta-like profit margins. But as Southwest soars, Alaska Airlines is flying in the opposite direction. We take a closer look in this week’s feature story.

Spirit Airlines appears to be close to receiving a $500 million lifeline from the government in a move that would be unprecedented for the airline industry.

The President of the United States floated the idea of the federal government buying my frenemy Spirit Airlines.

In a region that has been hit hard by the fuel crisis, Air New Zealand CEO Nikhil Ravishankar told Skift that the company is “nervous about what the future holds.”

Emirates uses first class as a brand weapon. En-suite bathrooms would deepen that moat — the economics alone will keep most rivals on the sidelines.