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Airlines
Planes, engines, pilots: There's a shortage of just about everything and it's going to hold back the aviation industry.
Jay Shabat and Edward Russell, Skift | 4 months ago
Delta’s pilot hiring plans for 2024 show that the airline industry’s post-pandemic hiring surge may be coming to an end.
Meghna Maharishi | 4 months ago
Hotels
Today's podcast discusses pilot mental health, Wyndham's Choice rejection, and Trip.com’s strong earnings.
Rashaad Jorden | 5 months ago
The U.S. is still experiencing a significant pilot shortage despite the boom in air travel this year. Ask Skift explains why.
Rashaad Jorden | 7 months ago
Airline Weekly
Pilots at United want more money than their peers at American and Delta.
1 year ago
Keeping pilots happy may be critical. Carrier’s planes are quite full, so U.S. airline growth depends on expanding routes and schedules. If Delta's labor pact happens, and JetBlue's merger with Spirit happens (leading to a boost in Spirit crew pay), labor wage (and fare) inflation is next.
David Shepardson and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Reuters | 1 year ago
As the travel recovery looks to ramp up for summer travel, a pilot shortage isn't helping any. The time to invest in pilots is at the pilot training level by making it easier to get loans, financing, and scholarships.
Ruthy Muñoz, Skift | 3 years ago
Coronavirus
Delta is taking a big chance with a forward-looking perspective by re-engaging pilots. Whether it's doing the right thing, or setting itself up for failure, will become much more clear in the months ahead.
Announcements
Nearly a year into the pandemic, the world's airlines are still trying to find their footing as historically low numbers of travelers take to the skies. Is vaccinating crews and then making it part of an airline's marketing message one way to jumpstart a travel rebound?
Pandemic job cuts won't solve the industry's longstanding issue of needing a new generation of pilots to replace those retiring. Now is the time for the airlines to do the right thing — open the field to a more diverse and inclusive pool of talent as they recover from the pandemic.
