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Citi: Cost per seat miles is rising across airlines
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Citi: Cost per seat miles is rising across airlines

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Stephen Trent, Citi’s MD on Americas Airlines, compares discount airlines to bigger carriers, and how they’re navigating debt, labor & supply issues. Source

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SpaceX Starlink has 2,500 airplanes under contract after United megadeal, director says
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SpaceX Starlink has 2,500 airplanes under contract after United megadeal, director says

A Starlink terminal installed on a Hawaiian Airlines aircraft. Hawaiian Airlines PARIS — SpaceX nearly doubled its backlog of Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi orders with last week’s United Airlines deal, a company director said Tuesday. “Very excited that we have about 2,500 aircraft under contract now, bringing what was effectively a startup to now what we […]

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United Airlines to offer free Wi-Fi using SpaceX’s Starlink
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United Airlines to offer free Wi-Fi using SpaceX’s Starlink

A United Airlines Boeing 737-MAX 8 aircraft departs at San Diego International Airport en route to New York on August 24, 2024 in San Diego, California.  Kevin Carter | Getty Images United Airlines said Friday that it plans to offer inflight Wi-Fi from SpaceX’s Starlink for free on its hundreds of jetliners, the biggest inflight […]

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Flights are getting more expensive again as airlines scale back their growth plans
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Flights are getting more expensive again as airlines scale back their growth plans

Delta Airlines planes are seen parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on June 19, 2024 in Seattle, Washington.  Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Airlines are reporting better unit revenues for the tail end of summer, a sign customers will continue to have to shell out more to fly in the coming months. Alaska Airlines on Thursday […]

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U.S. airlines cool hiring after adding 194,000 employees in post-Covid spree
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U.S. airlines cool hiring after adding 194,000 employees in post-Covid spree

A pilot performs a walkaround before a United Airlines flight Leslie Josephs/CNBC U.S. passenger airlines have added nearly 194,000 jobs since 2021 as companies went on a hiring spree after spending months in a pandemic slump, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Now the industry is cooling its hiring. Airlines are close to their […]

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Here’s where American Airlines is adding flights to Europe in summer 2025
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Here’s where American Airlines is adding flights to Europe in summer 2025

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, from American Airlines company, taking off from Barcelona airport, in Barcelona on 24th February 2023.  JanValls | Nurphoto | Getty Images As social media feeds make their seasonal shift from the Parthenon to pumpkin patches, airlines are busy preparing for the 2025 Europe travel season, a bet that strong demand for international […]

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Airplane engines are in short supply. The business of fixing older ones is booming
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Airplane engines are in short supply. The business of fixing older ones is booming

TULSA, Okla. — Parts and labor shortages. Delayed deliveries of new airplanes from Boeing and Airbus. An engine recall. Premature repairs. It’s all piling up, and aircraft engine shops around the world are overflowing.  As travelers boarded planes in record numbers this summer, airline executives waited anxiously for repairs and overhauls of their engines. The […]

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CrowdStrike beats quarterly consensus but lowers full-year guidance
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CrowdStrike beats quarterly consensus but lowers full-year guidance

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz speaks at the Wall Street Journal Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 21, 2019. Martina Albertazzi | Bloomberg | Getty Images CrowdStrike shares slipped 4% in extended trading on Wednesday after the cybersecurity software maker reported strong fiscal second-quarter results but reduced full-year guidance in the wake of […]

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Microsoft plans September cybersecurity event to discuss changes after CrowdStrike outage
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Microsoft plans September cybersecurity event to discuss changes after CrowdStrike outage

A Delta technician works on a set of screens displaying a blue page and reading “Recovery” in Terminal 2, Delta Airlines, at Los Angeles airport, on July 19, 2024. Airlines, banks, TV channels and other businesses were disrupted worldwide on Friday following a major computer systems outage linked to an update on an antivirus program. […]

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Delta chief operations officer departing for another company after just over a year on the job
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Delta chief operations officer departing for another company after just over a year on the job

Delta Air Lines planes sit parked at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on June 28, 2024. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Delta Air Lines‘ chief operating officer is leaving at the end of the month, the company said in a securities filing on Friday. CEO Ed Bastian said in an employee memo that Chief […]

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