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The Trees Are Blooming. The Bag Fees Aren’t Coming Down
The war on Iran has nearly doubled jet-fuel costs, and carriers wasted no time passing those along to us.
Sarah Kopit is the Editor-in-Chief of Skift, where she oversees editorial content and also co-hosts the Skift Travel Podcast. Sarah is a Bloomberg alum, where she ran breaking news operations in the Americas, a recovering attorney and a University of Michigan graduate.
Why Flights Stay Cheap While Travel Costs Rise
Why does travel feel so expensive right now? In this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko unpack a structural shift in the economy that’s quietly…
Jamie Dimon’s Shareholder Letter Has 8 Warnings Travel Execs Can’t Afford to Miss
Jamie Dimon didn't write a travel memo per se, but he might as well have. Softening consumer demand, oil shocks, AI disruption, and an immigration crisis — the threats are real, and they're arriving all at once.
What’s Really Changing Inside the Airline Industry
Airline leadership shakeups, alliance shifts, and AI-driven discovery are all hitting travel at once. In this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast, Sarah Kopit and Seth Borko break down a week that reveals something bigger happening inside the airline industry.
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Trump’s No Good, Very Bad Week
There are few things that seem to motivate government change more than meltdowns at the airports, and security lines at some of the nation's busiest hubs are still more than 3 hours.
3-Hour Airport Lines and a System Under Pressure
In this episode of the Skift Travel Podcast, we unpack what may be the clearest signal yet that the U.S. travel system is under real strain.
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It’s Only Tuesday
Welcome to a special edition of the Trump Effect. We do this occasionally on merit, and I don’t think I remember a more chaotic start to a week. I’m aware it’s only Tuesday. Here’s yesterday, step-by-step.
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Feeding the TSA
The U.S. has come to a place where the government is asking for donations from its citizens to feed its TSA agents.
The Iran War Broke More Than the Middle East
The Iran war exposed cracks across global travel, from broken systems and AI customer service failures to mounting pressure at U.S. airports.
How the Iran War Broke Travel
The travel industry thought its infrastructure and crisis response were ready for the next big disruption. The war on Iran and its ripple effects have shown us that this optimism was misplaced.