Articles tagged “bankruptcy”

Coronavirus

The Airline Failures and Bankruptcies So Far in the Pandemic

Given air travel's standstill in 2020, and the impact of new Delta variant scares, you might think this list would be longer. Still, seeing the airline casualties together like this is pretty staggering.

Tom Lowry, Skift | 2 years ago

Coronavirus

Philippine Airlines Enters Bankruptcy After Finances Crushed by Covid Crisis

Can we expect to see more carriers in Asia follow suit as the pandemic lingers across the region?

Sabahatjahan Contractor, Reuters | 2 years ago

Rental Cars

Hertz Puts Bankruptcy Behind It With Transformational Plans

Hertz's new ownership has grand plans to remake the car rental firm. Over the next few years, you'll find out if that really happened depending on your experience at an airport car rental counter near you.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago

Tourism

Italy’s Alitalia Replacement Won’t Be Ready Until After Summer Now

Ryanair and easyJet are primed to take full advantage of Europe's reopening. If Italia Trasporto Aereo's launch is further held up by bureaucracy, it misses a major opportunity.

Francesca Landini, Reuters | 2 years ago

Rental Cars

Hertz Bidding War Escalates With Revised Bid From Certares

After two bids, and now a revised bid, the bidding war to lead Hertz out of bankruptcy is heating up. The proverbial ball is in Hertz's court at the moment.

Shreyasee Raj and Ankit Ajmera, Reuters | 2 years ago

Rental Cars

Hertz Selects Centerbridge to Lead Its Reorganization From Bankruptcy

Suddenly Hertz, the beleaguered car-rental firm forced into bankruptcy, is being wooed like it's the last case of Budweiser on a deserted island. Investors see opportunity in an emerging new Hertz.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago

Rental Cars

Travel Investor Certares’ Plan to Be Kingmaker in Hertz Reorganization Hits a Snag

Despite the inroads ridesharing companies, such as Uber and Lyft, have made against the car rental giants, Hertz's re-emergence from bankruptcy is now triggering a bidding war. Ridesharing and car rentals often have different use cases, but it's never too late for legacy players to mimic, partner, and otherwise adapt.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 2 years ago

Business Travel

This Company Is Travel’s First to Emerge From a Major Pandemic Bankruptcy

The European and Chinese backers of travel agency WorldStrides seem to think there'll be a rebound for international student travel. Do they know something we don't?

Matthew Parsons, Skift | 3 years ago

Airline Weekly

Keep Your Aid, President Trump: We Won’t Lose Any Airlines

3 years ago

Airlines

UK Regional Airline Flybmi Collapses and Blames Brexit

The shakeout in European aviation many have predicted looks like it is happening in 2019.

Patrick Whyte, Skift | 4 years ago