Browsing: airline industry
The Sunday after Thanksgiving weekend marked a fresh record for US air travel with the Transportation Security Administration screening more than…
Budget-friendly Frontier Airlines is ripping out economy rows on its planes and adding first-class seats to tempt wealthy travelers
Frontier Airlines, known for its cheap fares and fees for everything from bringing a backpack to buying an in-flight drink,…
Southwest Airlines will end cabin service earlier to reduce risk of turbulence-related injuries
Southwest Airlines says it is ending its cabin service earlier on its flights starting next month. Beginning on Dec. 4,…
Fully autonomous planes could be coming to a flight near you—and that’s not a good thing
Some of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers seem convinced that adding new technologies and increasing automation will allow airlines to…
Ryanair threatens to drop 10 French regional airports over ‘short-sighted’ airline ticket tax hike
Low-cost airline Ryanair threatened Wednesday to stop serving 10 French regional airports if the government goes forward with a proposed…
Hungry Delta passengers will soon be able to order Shake Shack burgers as their mid-flight meal. But only if they’re…
Spirit Airlines says it won’t release its quarterly earnings because the company is knee-deep in debt restructuring talks
NEW YORK (AP) — Spirit Airlines said Wednesday that it won’t announce its quarterly financial results because the company is…
The rapid descent of Southwest Airlines: How the company plunged from customer cult-favorite to activist investor target
In late December of 2022, an “extratropical cyclone” brought all manner of menacing winter conditions to two-thirds of the U.S.,…
American Airlines is testing a new system to humiliate ‘gate lice,’ the people who try to board planes before their seating group is called
For decades, scientists have tried to decipher why exactly humans cut lines. Is it a false sense of urgency? An…
Elliott Investment Management and Southwest Airlines Co. have begun discussing a potential settlement that would avoid a proxy fight for…