Brian Sumers, Skift
Who says airlines don't prioritize passenger comfort? As long as carriers calculate passengers are willing to pay for a better experience, they will provide it.
7 months ago
David Fickling, Bloomberg
Spending 16 or even 18 hours on an airplane is one thing. But 20? As a colleague says, "Are we sure it's not better to connect in Dubai?"
2 years ago
Dan Peltier, Skift
High demand for domestic travel is what's keeping several U.S. airports at the top of the ranking, even if many passengers have to wait several hours in between flights to reach their destinations.
2 years ago
Dan Peltier, Skift
The U.S. is the clear leader for connectivity megahubs as some carriers' hubs get bigger and Americans exhibit increased demand for inter-city business and leisure travel.
3 years ago
Associated Press
The hubbub is about US Airways dissing Pittsburgh, its birthplace, by not stopping there on its ceremonial final flight on Oct. 16. American Airlines says it will skip Pittsburgh because it isn't an American Airlines Group hub.
4 years ago
Associated Press
US Airways and American Airlines, as might be expected, are pulling out all the stops in their efforts to bolster support for the merger, and their closest airline buddies are lining right up for the fight.
5 years ago
Despite the rhetoric that the new American Airlines intends to retain the combined airlines' hub lineups, people in Philadelphia are very concerned.
6 years ago
Mary Schlangenstein, Bloomberg
You can't fault Delta for giving up on Memphis, since the city so long ago gave up on itself. It has an enviable position along the Mississippi that it could be using to turn itself into a regional powerhouse, but it lacks the ambition to make it happen.
6 years ago
There's nothing like a little competition between major airlines right within their fiefdoms... or hubs, that is. Nice to see, and bring it on.
6 years ago
Kyle Arnold, Tulsa World
There's no immediate help on the way for Tulsa and other small-city airports as most airlines are stuck on their hub fixations, dismissing the point-to-point needs of small- and not-so-small town America.
6 years ago
Ely Portillo , The Charlotte Observer
It sounds like the new American Airlines plans on staying in Charlotte for awhile.
6 years ago
Samantha Shankman, Skift
The new American could be asked to make few divestitures in the merger process with most routes and hubs located in strategic, rather than competing, locations around the U.S.
6 years ago