Though it’s true that the transaction hasn’t officially closed just yet — and may not until the new year — the acquisition by Lufthansa of 41 percent of ITA is all but done now that the European ...

We landed on runway 27R which is the northernmost runway, nearly in Wisconsin. It was an 18-minute taxi until we finally nudged into our gate. The retro theme continued when we parked at an E gate in ...

The “differentiated” part of the story goes back to when Delta decided to get away from the commodity business and become a premium airline 15+ years ago. It has unquestionably been very successful in ...

Leading up to the pandemic in July 2019, Beijing had north of 40 percent of all seats departing China for the US while Shanghai was just over 35 percent. In July 2024, however, Beijing is just above ...

There are plenty of airlines that could benefit from buying Spirit, or at least parts of it. Who might that be? I’m not predicting anything, mind you. I’m just thinking about who might like a bite at ...

Marty talked a lot about aircraft, because, well, you know that’s what Jon Ostrower is going to ask about. I focused on Marty’s first priorities when coming back to the airline and on how the airline ...

I found myself paying close attention to Frontier’s Q3 earnings report last week. This isn’t something that I’d normally do, but I was particularly interested in seeing how the “New Frontier” bundled ...

An appeals court ruled last week that the American and JetBlue Northeast Alliance (NEA) was indeed anti-competitive, shooting down American’s attempt to overturn the original decision. But with the ...