Gordon Smith

With most Brits enjoying both Friday and Monday off, the Easter long weekend is a critical sales period for the UK travel industry and an early test of operational readiness.

Chinese enthusiasm for Boeing aircraft has cooled in recent years, but be under no doubt – Boeing needs China and Chinese airlines still need U.S. planes.

American Airlines was an early adopter of satellite Wi-Fi, but in recent years it has fallen behind domestic and international rivals. Executives will hope these major changes close the connectivity gap.

The diversity is still there, not least in Angelou's powerful prose, but it's also about the diverse destinations served by the airline – arguably a much safer corporate position amid intense culture wars.

The whole world was watching. On Wednesday, Delta became the first major U.S. travel company to report first quarter earnings. What would it say about the crisis in confidence unfolding throughout the U.S. economy? How much worse have things gotten in the past month, since Delta first warned about deteriorating demand trends?

The shape of seating for 2030 is now set, but what airlines, designers and seatmakers do within those shapes will make or break their market position.

The economic skies are turbulent, but the CEO of Europe's busiest airport still expects a bumper year for passenger traffic.

With 50 years in the airline business – and more than 20 at the top of the world’s biggest international carrier – Sir Tim Clark’s observations carry credibility.

Gauss’ 13-year tenure at airBaltic was full of notable achievements, but recent months have seen tensions flare between airline management and its majority shareholder.

Global travel stocks are being battered once again on Monday, with some of the industry's biggest names reporting double-digit same-day declines.