Gordon Smith

Strike action at Air Canada will have a ripple effect across global partners and leave travel planners scrambling during the summer peak.

We’ve known for a while that things aren't pretty at Spirit, but this latest SEC filing suggests the hangover from its bankruptcy exit could be swift and severe.

Korean Air’s decision to add premium economy was sluggish, but the math is irresistible. For many airlines, this mid-tier cabin is where passenger comfort meets cash flow.

Charles de Gaulle once famously asked: “How can you govern a country in which there are 246 kinds of cheese?” Fortunately for Ben Smith, governing Air France-KLM isn’t quite that complicated. But he does now preside over four different airlines, some faring well, others faring poorly, as we discover in this week's feature story.

With AI now ubiquitous and early-stage sustainability startups multiplying, this year's cohort reflects both immediate and longer-term bets.

For Boeing, Cathay Pacific’s commitment is a badly needed vote of confidence in a program that has tested airlines’ patience to the limit.

Europe's skies are evolving with fewer short hops and more seats per flight. But huge questions remain over the industry's path to reduce its carbon impact.

Will someone in South America please check the calendar? Is it still 2019? Latam, South America’s largest airline group, is paying a remarkably low 4.8 U.S. cents, excluding fuel, to fly one seat one kilometer. That’s almost identical to the 4.6 cents it paid six years earlier. In this week's feature story, we explore why Latam’s cost structure is basically the same as it was before the Covid crisis.

Premium cabins still drive profits, but it's the low-cost threat that keeps Europe's legacy carriers up at night.

Securing rights to one of the world’s busiest international airports isn’t easy, but Riyadh Air seems to have found a low-cost workaround.