Airline News

As travelers seek more customizable options, airline retailing is modernizing to offer AI-powered ancillary offer management. This shift enhances the passenger experience and provides airlines with new revenue streams through targeted and personalized offerings.

Europe’s airlines say fares are dropping and demand is waning. America’s airlines say there’s too much domestic capacity. Is Volaris living on a different planet? In a sense, yes.

As the 2024 Olympics get underway in Paris, we speak with the CEO of the Air France-KLM Group, Ben Smith. He’s in conversation with Skift’s Editor-in-Chief Sarah Kopit and Head of Research Seth Borko, for a special edition of the Airline Weekly Lounge Podcast.  

IndiGo's strategy shake-up is evident as it moves from low-cost basics to premium offerings, with business class, wide-body aircraft, and now in-flight entertainment.

American reintroduced its fares to the channels where travel agencies want to book them, and Isom acknowledged their absence was their biggest "pain point." The airline, too, will be feeling pain for some time.

American’s profits declined 46% in the second quarter as it reels from a controversial direct selling strategy and an imbalance in domestic seats.

Southwest’s profits decreased by 46% as it looks to make changes to its business model to boost its bottom line.

Southwest's leadership team will be hoping that these changes will be enough win back customers and fend off a vocal activist investor.

SpiceJet has been facing financial and legal issues for years. However, the positive momentum of the Indian aviation industry is keeping it from going bankrupt, and that is what the airline is banking on.

Speaking to Skift, Turkish Airlines chairman Ahmet Bolat explains why he is comfortable defying the direction of travel at most other long-haul airlines.