Airline News

Lufthansa sees schedules to remaining constrained through the fall as airlines recover from their bad summer. That means higher fares for travelers, but also profits for some carriers.

U.S. authorities want to make it easier for air travelers to get a refund when their flight is cancelled or significantly delayed.

IndiGo is focused on growth as Indian flyers have caught the "travel bug," as CEO Ronojoy Dutta put it. All it needs now are fuel and foreign exchange pressures to ease and it'll be back in the black too.

JetBlue's cost problems shone brightly in the second quarter when, despite record revenues, the airline lost money. The airline's planned merger with Spirit is only likely to exacerbate the situation.

Asia's slow reopening is beginning to show dividends for Japan's airlines. ANA and JAL are seeing travelers return aided in no part by their main Tokyo hub sitting smack dab between North America and Southeast Asia.

United, and a lot of other U.S.-based airlines didn't permit onboard booze purchases during most of the pandemic, but that's changed and the airline is now even enabling passengers on…

A surprise move from the airline, and costly too, with a "one-time hit" of up to $300 million already set to impact its third quarter results. But it's a clever strategy to win more corporate business, as companies won't fret so much about rushing to use up their vouchers in the future.

For most U.S. airlines, June was the best revenue month in a very long time. But don't mistake that for a sustained recovery. The situation is dicey. It's not clear whether this recovery can continue for the final three months of the year.

It's taken JetBlue four attempts to buy Spirit. Now it's crossed the line in a deal that's worth $3.8 billion, as long as it doesn't raise any antitrust red flags in Washington, D.C.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at the latest in Spirit’s takeover, Colombia’s tourism revamp, and Wyndham’s revenue strategy.