Airline News

JetBlue’s winning bid comes in well below Spirit's $86.7 million valuation of its LaGuardia slots.

Aeromexico's Q2 was a fuel-and-World-Cup dent, not a demand crack, and a record premium mix plus a shrinking domestic rivalry point the rest of the year sharply up.

Associations are unhappy with Europe’s plans to make the aviation industry pay more for its international emissions — for different reasons. One side argues proposals don’t go far enough, and the other says they shouldn’t exist at all.

A shrinking number of airlines shun online travel agency distribution. Allegiant's deal with Expedia Group means it abandoned its direct-distribution-only strategy — one that it touted as advantageous as late as February 2026.

Delta is focusing international growth out of the West Coast, looking to become the dominant carrier out of LAX.

Incoming Brussels Airlines CEO Lorenza Maggio oversaw ITA Airways’ merger into Lufthansa Group, which was one of the fastest integrations in the company’s history.

United CEO Scott Kirby argues that surging fuel costs aren’t entirely responsible for higher airfares. Instead airlines are capitalizing on more pricing power driven by ballooning operating costs and a readjustment in domestic capacity.

ClarityPay recently partnered with JetBlue to introduce a new pay-later program that combines embedded financing, loyalty, and personalization to drive incremental revenue. In this special episode, Skift's Darren Frei is in conversation with ClarityPay founder and CEO, Houman Motaharian.

Yes, they made the app better and nicer! But the bigger story is that Air India is angling for a future where your flight, hotel and cab all get booked (and fixed, if something goes wrong) as one thing, not three separate headaches.

The airline's frequent flyer program was built to reward spending. JetBlue is using it as a pipeline to finance spending — and letting customers earn points for the privilege of paying interest.