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‘Not yet’ seeing weakness for European airlines, analyst says
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Alexander Irving, airlines analyst at Bernstein, says there has been some weakness in the U.S. airline industry amid the roll out of the U.S. tariffs, but he has “not yet” seen the same weakness from European airlines. Source
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Air France-KLM CEO Benjamin Smith on trade tensions, travel demand and La Première suite
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Air France-KLM CEO Benjamin Smith joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, impact on the aviation industry, travel demand outlook, Air France’s new La Premiere suite, and more. Source
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Delta CEO says Trump’s trade war is hurting bookings as airline axes 2025 flight growth plans
Delta Air Lines planes are seen parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on June 19, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Delta Air Lines won’t expand flying in the second half of the year because of disappointing bookings amid President Donald Trump’s shifting trade policies, which CEO Ed Bastian called “the wrong approach.” […]
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Emirates President Tim Clark warns of ‘uncharted territory’ as tariffs hit global aviation
Emirates President Tim Clark warned that the aviation industry is in “uncharted territory” as U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs and trade disputes weigh on global growth and threaten to drive up costs for airlines worldwide. “Right now, we are in troubled times,” Clark told CNBC in an interview recorded March 20 — ahead of […]
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Spirit Airlines CEO Ted Christie steps down
Ted Christie, CEO of Spirit Airlines, is shown in 2019 at the companyâs corporate headquarters in Miramar. Carl Juste | Miami Herald | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Ted Christie, CEO of Spirit Airlines, is stepping down from his role leading the embattled carrier, effective Monday, the company said. A group of several company […]
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Airlines expected to cut 2025 outlooks as travel demand falters
A Boeing 767-332(ER) from Delta Air Lines takes off from Barcelona El Prat Airport in Barcelona on Oct. 8, 2024. Joan Valls | Nurphoto | Getty Images Waning travel from Canada. Signs of weaker demand across the Atlantic. Mass government layoffs. Tariffs. Consumers pulling back on travel bookings. The worst stock market swoon since 2020. […]
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Airlines expected to cut 2025 outlooks as travel demand falters
A Boeing 767-332(ER) from Delta Air Lines takes off from Barcelona El Prat Airport in Barcelona on Oct. 8, 2024. Joan Valls | Nurphoto | Getty Images Waning travel from Canada. Signs of weaker demand across the Atlantic. Mass government layoffs. Tariffs. Consumers pulling back on travel bookings. The worst stock market swoon since 2020. […]
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Tariffs will drive up the cost of airplanes, the United States’ star export
The production line for the Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft is pictured at Boeing’s 737 factory in Renton, Washington, November 18, 2021. Jason Redmond | Reuters President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are set to drive up the cost of Boeing and Airbus planes, GE Aerospace engines, and hundreds of other aerospace and defense products, […]
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Southwest’s bag fees and other changes could backfire, Fitch warns
A Southwest Airlines jet approaches Midway Airport on Dec. 15, 2023, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) John J. Kim | Chicago Tribune | Getty Images Southwest Airlines‘ new policies such as charging for checked bags for the first time could backfire, Fitch Ratings said Thursday. Southwest is reversing its […]
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United Airlines adds Thailand, Vietnam and Australia flights in latest expansion
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by United Airlines takes off at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on January 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew | Getty Images United Airlines plans to add daily flights to Vietnam and Thailand in October, further expanding the network for the U.S. carrier that already has the most […]
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