Airline News

Good morning from Skift. It's Tuesday, March 29, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

Subscriptions are relatively hot in travel although AirAsia's limited new plan might be seen as a sign of weakness rather than strength. AirAsia Super+ is essentially a marketing plan to jumpstart the airline's flights and food delivery businesses.

Delta Air Lines is doubling down on its premium airline positioning with plans for new lie-flat seats on transcontinental U.S. routes. The investment comes as premium revenues, particularly from leisure travelers, have proven particularly robust in the recovery.

At a time when India has just resumed scheduled commercial flights to international destinations, agents wonder whether the Air India ban against them is an ill-timed move — or a well-timed one.

Mexico City finally got a new airport! It's just not the one most had hoped for. No, that $13 billion, Norman Foster-designed airport became a political football. Instead, the administration…

Berlin is preparing for a busy summer tourist season, despite the war raging just a few hundred miles away. Several airlines are launching new flights throughout Europe in anticipation of strong summer demand to visit the German capital.

Alaska Airlines is bullish on the recovery with plans to grow this year despite elevated fuel prices. But the airline is going one further, promising Wall Street higher profits from a new simplified and streamlined fleet.

Despite higher fuel costs, the first major land war in Europe since World War II, and the lingering pandemic, Air France CEO Anne Rigail remains optimistic about summer travel demand. In fact, the airline plans to fly more flights to North America, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean than it did in 2019.

The U.S. financial regulator proposed a rule that would require airlines — and other large companies — to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions. After years of fighting such requirements in Europe and elsewhere, airlines back the proposed rule, saying it brings clarity to the process.

Flights of 14 hours or longer were thought to be a casualty of the pandemic, as demand for long international trips plummeted. And New Zealand was all but closed for much of the pandemic. But in a sign that the recovery is real and lasting, Air New Zealand said it will restart its idled Auckland-New York flights in September.