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Travel Industry Earnings Coverage

Don’t miss out on Skift’s in-depth coverage of earnings reported by public travel companies, including online travel agencies, hotel brands, airlines, and technology companies. Our earnings stories cut through the numbers to explain what’s really happening at companies and within the industry as a whole.

Airlines

JetBlue Passengers Checked More First Bags Than Expected

JetBlue was all about giving passengers more choice when the airline introduced new fare families in June. But It came as a surprise to JetBlue that passengers decided to check more first bags than the airline predicted.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

JetBlue Passengers Checked More First Bags Than Expected

Airlines

Spirit Airlines Facing the Heat From Those Fare-Matching Legacy Carriers

Spirit is facing substantial competitive pressures over the short term as legacy carriers try to take away its price advantages. A lot of the outcome depends on who blinks first.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Spirit Airlines Facing the Heat From Those Fare-Matching Legacy Carriers

Airlines

Southwest Airlines CEO Thinks Its Passenger Experience Is Just Fine

It is possible for an airline, such as Southwest, to cater to some fairly satisfied passengers. Not gouging them with fees and treating them like human beings really helps.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Southwest Airlines CEO Thinks Its Passenger Experience Is Just Fine

Airlines

American Express Q3 Earnings Hit by Lower Airfares and Co-Branded Card Costs in Travel

American Express pushed its travel business off the official books to a great extent with its joint venture for American Express Global Business Travel but Amex's credit card business is still very much tied to airline relationships.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Online Travel

Qunar CEO: Leisure Travel Has Been Immune From China’s Economic Meltdown

Sometimes Qunar wants us to believe it can sail through a hurricane unscathed in a sailboat. We'll have to see how the Chinese economic crisis ultimately impacts the Chinese travel market -- and the world.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Qunar CEO: Leisure Travel Has Been Immune From China’s Economic Meltdown

SkiftX

Expedia Can’t Be Happy as Orbitz Worldwide Limps Toward the Finish Line

Orbitz Worldwide's second quarter of 2015 results sent a really bad signal. Companies about to be acquired usually put up a better front. What happens if regulators block the Expedia acquisition? The downward spiral could be tough to stop.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Expedia Can’t Be Happy as Orbitz Worldwide Limps Toward the Finish Line

Online Travel

Expedia Cozies Up to Google While Boycotting TripAdvisor Hotel Bookings

Expedia is content to work with Google on hotel bookings while stiff-arming TripAdvisor. There is likely more to the warming and cooling relationships than just the relative economics.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Expedia Cozies Up to Google While Boycotting TripAdvisor Hotel Bookings

Airlines

Southwest Still Thinks It Can Be the Low-Fare Carrier

Despite Kelly's rhetoric about being "the low-cost carrier," Southwest has probably transitioned beyond that positioning. Still, the largest U.S. domestic carrier indeed has room to grow in the U.S. and internationally, as well.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Southwest Still Thinks It Can Be the Low-Fare Carrier

Online Travel

TUI Says Its Merger Is Finally Paying Off, and Ahead of Schedule Too

Slow-decision making and legacy thinking has hurt TUI over the years, and now it's trying to right the ship by adding cruise ships and hotels.

Skift | 9 years ago

TUI Says Its Merger Is Finally Paying Off, and Ahead of Schedule Too

Media and PR

Travel Channel’s Parent Company Banking Success on New Slate of Shows

If Travel Channel's success from Booze Traveler is any indication, travelers want more shows teaching them about local cultures that make them feel that they've learned something unique about a destination.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 9 years ago

Travel Channel’s Parent Company Banking Success on New Slate of Shows