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Spirit Airlines shareholders have another 20 days to decide whether they support a merger with Frontier Airlines or prefer a hostile, but potentially more lucrative if it's approved by regulators,…

Jozsef Varadi expects significant losses in the next quarter because airports, rather than his own airline, aren't coping with the rebound in traffic.

While airlines around the world and even elsewhere in Asia plot their recovery strategy and add back flights, Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific may have to avail itself of more state aid. The struggling airline flew just 2 percent of its pre-pandemic passengers in April.

From facial biometrics at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints to visas that don't require boarding foils, the new U.S. Department of Commerce strategy to boost international arrivals calls for tech improvements…

JetBlue is raising the ante in its bid for Spirit Airlines in advance of the June 10 shareholders vote on the rival offer from Frontier Airlines. Spirit's board continues to recommend that shareholders vote for the Frontier offer.

JetBlue Airways has raised its bid to takeover Spirit Airlines in the latest volley in an escalating proxy war with Frontier Airlines.

Good morning from Skift. It's Monday, June 6, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Two years ago, industry analysts warned that airlines without domestic markets would be the first in a wave of airline bankruptcies and liquidations — then thought likely — due to the…

A few days after Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary called on the UK government to temporarily send the army to staff excessively long airport security lanes, UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps…

European airlines have warned once and again that airport staffing, and other issues, threatened to derail what is widely expected to be a busy summer travel season. Those issues have…