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Failed JetBlue takeover could force Spirit to slash fares, restructure as carrier grasps for a path
A JetBlue airliner lands past a Spirit Airlines jet on taxi way at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on Monday, April 25, 2022. Joe Cavaretta | Sun Sentinel | Getty Images Spirit Airlines is on shaky footing after JetBlue Airways‘ proposed $3.8 billion takeover of the budget carrier was blocked by a federal judge this […]
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Please stop ignoring your flight attendants
A display showing the ‘fasten your seatbelt’ sign and the ‘no smoking’ sign illuminated on board an aircraft. Jeff Overs | BBC News & Current Affairs | Getty Images You trudge down the aisle to your seat. You double- and triple-check that you’ve arrived at the right row. You heave your luggage into the overhead […]
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Flight cancellations pile up as winter storm, 737 Max 9 grounding disrupt travel
An Embraer E175LR passengers aircraft of American Eagles airlines (C) taxxing before take-off to Pittsburg is seen at La Guardia Airport on January 9, 2024. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Airlines canceled about 2,000 U.S. flights Friday as they grapple with winter weather and the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. Storms […]
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Airline stocks tumble after Delta trims profit forecast
A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-700 is seen lining up before departure at Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten. Fabrizio Gandolfo | Lightrocket | Getty Images Delta Air Lines shares slipped about 7% Friday after the company trimmed its 2024 earnings forecast. Delta forecast full-year earnings per share of $6 to $7, below its previous […]
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American Airlines' frequent flyer program is changing. Here’s what you need to know
An American Airlines Airbus 321 sits at the gate at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, on July 23, 2023. Daniel Slim | AFP | Getty Images First things first: American Airlines isn’t changing the requirements to earn elite status at the airline in the coming earning year. Those thresholds are typically […]
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Travel skilled Lee Abbamonte talks flight cancellations hitting decade-lows
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Ignore the in-flight food stuff — these are most effective and worst airlines when flying goes erroneous
Modern-day plane, comfortable seats and unflappably nice flight attendants. These are components several rankings take into account in identifying the world’s most effective airways. But they forget about a essential component, in accordance to the passenger legal rights company AirHelp — how airlines address clients when difficulties occur. “We imagine that an airline must be […]
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Delta beefs up Austin flights in battle for fast-growing airport
Angel Di Bilio | iStock Editorial | Getty Images Delta Air Lines is adding more flights next year at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, in a bid to gain market share in one of the country’s fastest-growing airports. The carrier plans to add 11 nonstop flights from Austin in April, giving it almost 50 peak-day flights, the […]
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Alaska-Hawaiian merger faces a Justice Section that has been skeptical of airline offers
An Alaska Airlines plane flies earlier the U.S. Capitol ahead of landing at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., January 24, 2022. Joshua Roberts | Reuters Alaska Air Group‘s executives invested months performing on its plan to purchase rival Hawaiian Airways. The airlines’ leaders will now invest lots of far more striving to convince […]
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Southwest, pilots’ union close to a preliminary labor deal, the last of the key U.S. airlines
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 aircraft is found landing at dusk time at Ronald Reagan Washington Countrywide Airport in Arlington, Virginia. Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images Southwest Airways and its pilots’ union are closing in on a new deal that would raise shell out for the carrier’s far more than 11,000 aviators and close […]
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