airline industry
Spirit Airlines CEO steps down after emergence from bankruptcy
Spirit Airlines said Chief Executive Officer Ted Christie is stepping down, less than a month after the pioneering discount carrier ...
Ryanair caught in the crossfire as Western Sahara flights become flashpoint for Morocco-Polisario political conflict
Direct flights from two European capitals to a city in a bitterly disputed north African territory have become the latest ...
Air Canada says US bookings down 10% as trade war rages on
Air Canada says demand for flights between Canadian and US cities is weak for the spring and summer months, as ...
United customers took a two-hour flight to nowhere after a pilot forgot their passport and had to turn the China-bound plane back to San Francisco
On Saturday, March 22, over 250 passengers flying from Los Angeles to Shanghai had to turn around roughly two hours ...
Lufthansa vows turnaround plan to lift 2025 earnings, amid profit drop due to strikes, rising costs and aircraft delays
Lufthansa’s poor results for 2024 came despite a seven-percent increase in passengers to 131 million. Read More
American Airlines plane calls off landing in D.C. to avoid jet taking off in latest airport incident
In the past month, there have been four major aviation disasters in North America. Read More
Five major airlines are suing the U.S. government over a rule that punished them for damaging passengers’ wheelchairs
More than 11,500 wheelchairs and scooters were mishandled by airlines in 2023, according to the Department of Transportation. Read More
Delta is offering $30,000 with ‘no strings attached’ to passengers on the Toronto flight that crash-landed. Legal experts say they should read the fine print
Passengers should search for words like “release,” “waiver,” and “arbitration,” among others. Read More
Legal experts say beware as Delta offers $30,000 with ‘no strings attached’ to passengers on Toronto flight that crash-landed
Passengers should read the fine print before accepting any payment from the airline, lawyers say. Read More
Southwest to cut 15% of corporate jobs in first-ever layoffs
The layoffs challenge Southwest’s philosophy that happy employees would lead to happy customers, profitability and happy Southwest shareholders. Read More
