Airline News

Hong Kong is a major aviation and logistics hub. A 36-hour suspension, or even a day of heavily curtailed operations, would ripple through global supply chains and connecting flights.

This year. Last year. The year before that. It’s been a great run for transatlantic markets, lifted by Americans visiting Europe in droves, often flying there in a premium seat. But demand for non-premium seats is now showing signs of stress. Does that herald an end to the transatlantic boom? This week’s feature story discusses the market in detail.

If TSA does relax the liquids rule, it would be another step toward making travel less tedious.

Spirit CEO Dave Davis told staff the company could cut more jobs as a result of its plans to significantly reduce capacity this year.

Frontier CEO Barry Biffle was critical of recent remarks United’s CEO made on ultra-low-cost carriers surviving in the U.S.

IndiGo’s Athens launch is less about Greece and more about signaling ambition. It seems like the carrier is steadily building the muscle of a long-haul heavyweight.

Spirit Airlines went from being a profit all-star in the 2010s to a poster child for dysfunction in the 2020s. Filing for bankruptcy again, having just exited court protection in March, the ULCC is deeply distressed and losing alarming sums of money. In this week's feature story we discuss where it all went wrong, and identify possible survival strategies for the ailing carrier.

A year since Allegiant CEO Greg Anderson took the reins, he said he is “focused on removing anything that distracts us from our competitive strength.”

Lufthansa is officially focused on integration, not standardization. But the lines between its national brands are being unmistakably redrawn.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said the top earners in the U.S. were continuing to spend, despite previous concerns over the economy slowing down.