Airline News

The era of enormous point bonuses on credit cards may be drawing to a close.

Those who have paid for expedited security screening at airports will have to share the lanes for a good while longer. How much longer is anyone's guess.

The ambitious goal of 25 million travelers enrolled in the TSA's Precheck program may be hard to reach.

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

This collaboration further reflects Uber's importance to flyers and business travelers.

A partnership with ACI-NA will help AirGrub make the right connections to add more airports and concessions in North America to those it already offers its customers.

Don't expect JetBlue Technology Ventures to start throwing big bucks into travel startups. Instead, the airline is looking for some brand benefit from getting involved in the startup scene and to get access to some new technologies along the way.

The Spirit CEO's vision is for low fares on cramped planes that are clean and run on time. These sort of changes are heavy-lifting for a growing airline and would muffle some complaints but might not be enough to really change the airline's reputation.

The launch of the "MIA Airport Official 2.0" app is a big step towards proof of concept at Miami International Airport. Now we wait to see whether passengers enjoy blue-dot way-finding, and the personalized shopping and dining features, as much as the industry expects.

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