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Airline Weekly
We didn't see it then, but 2019 was a high-water mark for the airline and travel industries. Reading these resolutions is like finding an artifact from a long-lost era.
1 week ago
Rafat Ali, Skift
"Absolutely no one in the industry, government, capital markets or media is willing to face up to this inevitable reality." Don't say we didn't warn you.
1 week ago
Brian Sumers, Skift
Delta Air Lines needs cash. Its SkyMiles program is one of its only remaining profitable assets. The airline is being smart in using it to secure new funding.
1 week ago
Airline Weekly
The tech-heavy economies of Denver and Salt Lake City have been relatively unscathed by the pandemic, and tourists, barred from most international travel, have flocked to the national parks near the two cities. Airlines have taken notice and are giving the two Rocky Mountain cities more prominence in their schedules.
1 week ago
Airline Weekly
As the pandemic grinds on, American has noticed its passengers are skewing younger, and those younger travelers are flying mainly for leisure. Dropping change fees are a way to ensure those customers' loyalty, an American executive says.
2 weeks ago
Airline Weekly
Airlines with large domestic markets are starting to see demand return. Singapore Airlines has no domestic market at all and has bowed to the reality that its core international business may not return until 2024.
2 weeks ago
David Shepardson, Reuters
The CDC's current strategy for screening international arrivals has become unsustainable as traveler numbers grow, according to reports. Changes are expected.
2 weeks ago
Brian Sumers, Skift
Not long ago, many U.S. airlines were focused on business travelers. They often neglected the leisure traveler. But Covid-19 changed everything.
2 weeks ago
Airline Weekly
Shipping enough vaccines for the world's 7.6 billion people would require 8,000 Boeing 747 freighters. Nowhere close to that many freight aircraft of any type exist. And if air freight capacity can be mustered, airlines have to worry about keeping the medicine cold and securing what will be the world's most valuable commodity. Governments need…
2 weeks ago
Airline Weekly
What could come next after Covid? Another pandemic? Deteriorating relations between the world's two largest economies? Cyberterrorism that takes down a country's electrical grid? Volcanoes? Asteroids? All are possibilities. Airlines will need to adapt and change and continue to invest, but must be prepared for a variety of scenarios in the post-Covid world.
2 weeks ago
David Shepardson and Tracy Rucinski, Reuters
If legislators fail to fund airlines, thousands of employees temporarily will lose their jobs. It's a horrible outcome, but it is probably the right move. The U.S. airline industry is shrinking because of a lack of demand, and those workers will not be needed for the foreseeable future.
2 weeks ago
Brian Sumers, Skift
In a pandemic, with few people flying, you might think it would be bad business to fly empty airplanes to squat on airport slots. But if that's what is required for airlines to keep access to key airports, they'll probably do it.
2 weeks ago
