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Spirit Airlines to furlough 1,800 flight attendants to cut costs in bankruptcy
A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Spirit Airlines is planning to furlough about 1,800 flight attendants, roughly a third of its cabin crew members, to cut costs as the budget airline struggles in its […]
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FedEx stock rises on better-than-expected earnings
A Fedex truck is seen during heavy traffic on Sept. 16, 2025 in New York City. Zamek | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images FedEx beat on the top and bottom lines in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report on Thursday. The stock rose more than 5% in after-hours trading on Thursday. “Despite significant […]
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Hyundai outlines ambitious U.S. growth plans weeks after ICE immigration raid at battery plant
Jose Munoz, president and CEO, Hyundai Motor Company, speaks during a media tour and grand opening at the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America, March 26, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. Mike Stewart | AP NEW YORK — Hyundai Motor reinforced aggressive growth plans Thursday through the end of the decade, despite lowering its profit outlook for […]
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Spirit CEO says struggling airline will slash flights, braces employees for more job cuts
A Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 taxis at Los Angeles International Airport after arriving from Boston on September 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images News | Getty Images Spirit Airlines CEO Dave Davis on Wednesday braced staff for more job cuts and said the carrier plans to slash its schedule in […]
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‘That’s cute’: Frontier CEO fires back at United CEO declaring discount airline model dead
President and CEO of Frontier Airlines, Barry Biffle attends The Future of Everything presented by the Wall Street Journal at Spring Studios on May 17, 2022, in New York City. Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle fired back at his counterpart at United Airlines who said the […]
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United Airlines CEO confident in flight expansion ‘because customers are choosing us’
Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines, speaks during the WSJ’s Future of Everything 2025 at the Glasshouse on May 29, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images NEWARK, New Jersey — An oversupply of flights forced airlines to cut fares this year and pushed carriers to scale back their growth plans. […]
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Trump administration orders Delta, Aeromexico to unwind joint venture by Jan. 1
An Aeromexico Boeing 737 MAX 8 taxis at Los Angeles International Airport on September 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images The Trump administration ordered Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico to end by Jan. 1 their nearly decade-old joint venture that allows them to coordinate schedules and prices for flights between […]
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United CEO says he expects struggling Spirit Airlines to go out of business
A Spirit Airlines jet takes off above two United Airlines airplanes at Newark Liberty Airport on March 23, 2018 in Newark, New Jersey. Gary Hershorn | Getty Images LONG BEACH, Calif. — United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on Thursday predicted Spirit Airlines is going out of business and said the once-profitable discount airline model is […]
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Air India CEO says carrier embracing ‘new normal’ of safety focus after deadly crash
An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images LONG BEACH, Calif. — Air India CEO Campbell Wilson said the carrier has embraced a “new normal” and a stepped-up safety focus following the crash of one of its planes in June, the deadliest aviation disaster in a decade. All but one […]
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Brazil’s Embraer lands first U.S. order for E2 jets with Avelo Airlines buying 50 planes
An Embraer SA E190-E2 passenger aircraft stands on display on day two of the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2018 in Farnborough, U.K., on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brazilian airplane maker Embraer has landed its first U.S. sale of its efficient but slow-selling E2 jets with a 50-plane deal from […]
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