Airline News

Air Canada is taking a page out of the past to make a larger statement about its role in aviation in modern times.

Cheap fuel is keeping the European aviation market competitive, which presents something of a challenge to strong, established carriers like EasyJet and Ryanair. We'll probably have to wait until next year for any kind of shake-up.

LaGuardia's congestion woes have only been made worse by terrible weather in the region. The congestion is expected to continue through 2022.

These are the aviation trends we were talking about this week.

Airline and airport executives must be excited to have the support of President Trump when it comes to airport modernization and air traffic control reforms. Trump's own comments as reported in the meeting, however, lay bare how little he truly knows about the complex landscape of aviation.

Overtourism is a growing problem, so it's heartening to see Booking.com taking on the problem of sustainability in an innovative way. That said, it's still too early to tell if this is a genuine commitment to sustainability, or just a "feel-good" move to create PR headlines.

In January there was a changing of the guard at Sabre. New CEO Sean Menke thinks his background as a former airline CEO gives him insight into what airlines want from Sabre in new products. But he'll need to up his company's product execution and delivery if he wants to maintain market share, according to employee complaints.

Lufthansa Group has been more insulated from low-cost competition than most of Europe's legacy airlines. That's quickly changing, and the company needs to get its plans in order. It must find a way to turn its Eurowings operation into a more nimble competitor with lower costs.

An icon of the skies draws closer to retirement.

Spirit Airlines had to reduce its guidance for 2017 following storm-related cancellations in early 2017. This represents a blip on the radar for Spirit, but questions remain about how Spirit will cope as legacy carriers introduce lower fares to compete.