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Investment firm 777 Partners hasn't only bought 68 Boeing 737 Max jets for its budget airlines. It has also been rolling up software vendors, competing with other airline tech providers.

Spirit Airlines and JetBlue Airways dispute United Airlines' claims that they are responsible for delays at the congested Newark Liberty International Airport. Instead, they argue if United thinks too many flights are taking off per hour, it should reduce its own operations, and not try to limit theirs.

For an airline that not so long ago eased away from business travel, two new partnerships suggest it's thinking twice about that decision.

Free wifi on flights is a perennial issue that comes up in news every year or two. Delta has tested it on and off since 2019 and JetBlue has been…

Norman Y. Mineta, the Transportation Secretary who closed the U.S. airspace and ordered the grounding of 4,000 planes in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, has died.…

AirBaltic is not just helping out an idled peer in its deal to lease an aircraft from Ukraine International Airlines this summer. It's also an example of how bad the global supply chain issues are.

The federal government finally recognizes that there is a shortage of pilots in the U.S. But beyond platitudes, there are few new funds directed at easing it yet.

Waterfront-to-waterfront flights between D.C. and New York would be cool. They're not likely anytime soon.

Good morning from Skift. It's Tuesday, May 3, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Qantas finally did it. After years of gauging the market for Sydney-New York and Sydney-London flights, and delaying the project during the pandemic, the Australian carrier is forging ahead with an order for 12 Airbus A350s that can handle the almost-20-hour flight time. But will customers want to spend that long in an airplane? Qantas thinks so.