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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It continues to get uglier and uglier at Spirit. The on-again, off-again merger with Frontier seems to be off again. The airline delayed filing of its third quarter earnings report, but it did say ...

The Alaska/Hawaiian merger has been a done deal for over a month, but it’s all been quiet so far. That is now beginning to change. In advance of the combined airline’s investor day next month, it has ...

Cranky Weekly Review Presented by San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport: Alaska’s Big Quarter, JetBlue’s Less-Big Quarter ...