Articles tagged “us airways”

The long-running case revolved around practices that the leading U.S. provider of airline fare data to travel agents imposes on nearly all airlines. If the verdict stands, it doesn't make Sabre change, well, anything. Except maybe a smaller tip for a barista.

A federal appeals court has asked for a partial do-over in antitrust litigation between US Airways and travel tech firm Sabre. After more than eight years and millions of dollars in expenses, the case has partly been reset to square one. Remarkable.

Now that airlines are reporting major profit, it's time for them to reward flyers with a better onboard experience and more route options.

The American and US Airways system cutover went curiously well this weekend - but will it hold?

We haven't seen the contract but can assure you this: Expedia gave some ground to American Airlines Group. Otherwise Expedia Inc. sites would not be getting access to American's and US Airways' ancillary services or be able to ink the deal to provide hotel inventory to AA.com.

There were pundits during the dot-com bubble who argued that business cycles were a thing of the past because of structural changes in the economy. Parker contends that airlines will emerge from the next recession in much better shape. Let's hope.

Lower tier members of the US Airways program who have to deal with new upgrades and a new frequent flyer number will have to cope with the most change in the merged American Airlines and US Airways frequent flyer program.

American and US Airways reacted fairly quickly to the competitive threat from the low cost carriers, but this battle will be ongoing in 2015.