Airline News

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.

United is betting that it will continue to see high travel demand in the second half of 2026 as it stares down at an additional $6 billion in fuel costs.

Van der Werff has six months to hand over the keys, and by the time he does, the people choosing his successor may not be the people sitting on the board today.

Typically, airlines like Frontier don’t have in-flight Wi-Fi. But as premium products continue to fuel airline industry profits, Frontier is opting to install Starlink.

The fact that it took Accor and IndiGo more than a year to roll out their loyalty partnership suggests there is a larger ambition to this than just swapping points.

A soaring fuel bill would have flattened the earnings of many airlines. Delta's premium-heavy revenue base meant a four-point margin decline instead of a total rout.

All eyes are on EasyJet takeover talk in Europe, but across the Atlantic, it's about to be Delta's turn in the sun.

Even with Delta’s fuel costs doubling this year, the carrier still expects to meet its original profit outlook for 2026.

Airlines are rebuilding their business models around premium demand, moving from volume to yield as premium demand reshapes the industry.