Skift Take Regulators’ efforts to ensure competition risks making JetBlue’s arrangement with American Airlines less lucrative or viable. Expected JetBlue to make a “spirited” defense.…
Airlines Scrap Over 1,200 U.S. Flights in Wake of Hurricane Ian Making Landfall
Skift Take Our thoughts are with all those endangered by Hurricane Ian. Sean O’Neill Airlines canceled over a thousand U.S. flights on Tuesday and Wednesday…
U.S. Proposes Requiring Airlines to Disclose All Fees When Airfares First Displayed
Skift Take The Biden Administration, under Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, is walking the talk on protecting airline consumers. Disclosing fees right off the bat is…
Sunwing Union Opposes Canadian Carrier’s Plans to Hire Foreign Pilots
Skift Take The pilot shortage is prompting airlines to take steps that unions won’t like. Sean O’Neill The union for Sunwing Airlines pilots said it…
Ethiopian Airlines Leads Consortium to Win Bid for New Nigerian Airline
Skift Take The new airline would be an enormous step for Nigeria in overhauling the inadequate aviation infrastructure that’s stunted its economic growth. Rashaad Jorden…
China Blasted for Letting Hong Kong Lose Aviation Hub Status Over Covid Policies
Skift Take Willie Walsh, as only Walsh can, called out China for its zero-Covid policies devastating Hong Kong as a global aviation hub. The head…
One-Way Flights Out of Russia Sell Out After Putin Calls Up More Troops
Skift Take Vladimir Putin and his Ukraine War have largely been a drag on the travel industry. But his order to call up 300,000 reservists…
JetBlue’s Long Game Involves More International Flights
Skift Take The airline’s planned takeover of Spirit will give it a bigger footprint in the U.S., but destinations including Africa are part of a…
American Airlines Sees Future Growth in Blended Leisure and Business Travel
Skift Take American Airlines, travel company? Listen to the carrier’s chief commercial officer, Vasu Raja, for any amount of time and it’s clear change is…
FAA Upholds Pilot Training Hours in Blow to Republic Airways
Skift Take Airlines will need to find another way to ease the U.S. pilot shortage. The FAA has denied an attempt to reduce the number…
French Air Traffic Control Strike Disrupts Flights in Europe
Skift Take Inflation is a contributing factor in strikes that have sewn havoc in European travel this summer. Dennis Schaal European flights faced widespread disruption…
Brazil’s Gol Airline to Pay $41 Million to Settle Bribery Charges
Skift Take Ouch. Still, it could have been a lot worse for one of Latin America’s largest airlines, which is paying less than half of…
Delta Air Lines Prepares Refinery to Process Biofuels to Cut Jet Fuel Costs
Skift Take The airline industry’s push to slash carbon emissions and reduce fuel costs is driving carriers such as Delta to take steps to increase…
Star Alliance Calls for Half of Its Airline Members to Use Biometrics by 2025
Skift Take Satisfying the growing demand for contactless travel will require more than airlines getting on board with biometrics because airports need to adopt the…
Lawmakers Seek U.S. Probe of Airline Handling of Pandemic Funds
Skift Take The U.S. government might investigate whether airlines used some of its $54 billion in pandemic aid to fund pilot buyouts, which may have…
London Flight Searches Jump After Queen’s Death
Skift Take Anglophilia is strong among Americans after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Edward Russell Travel startup Hopper said on Friday it had noticed…
Cathay Pacific to Add Flights as Hong Kong Eases Quarantine Rules 
Skift Take Could the tide of bad news finally be turning for Cathay Pacific? Edward Russell Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said it would gradually increase…
Lufthansa and Amadeus Reset Their Distribution Relationship in Revamped Pact
Skift Take The two European heavyweights claim they now see eye to eye on the future of airfare retailing. Just don’t expect pay-as-you-fly to take…
United Threatens to Leave JFK Again Without More Flights
Skift Take Perhaps United could get a few of the 24 leased slots back from Delta if they ask nicely. Jason Clampet United Airlines said…
More Summer Travel Blues as 60 Flights Get Cancelled at Portugal’s Lisbon Airport
Skift Take Ground crews in Portugal aren’t well paid, and they are taking the opportunity to press their demands on one of the busiest travel…