Articles tagged “airlines”

Loyalty is no longer about points and tiers, it’s earned trip by trip through immediate value and convenience.

Despite strong demand and hiring momentum, travel is stuck in a cycle of churn — with pay gaps, skills shortages, and weak career pathways making talent the sector’s biggest growth challenge.

Lufthansa is officially focused on integration, not standardization. But the lines between its national brands are being unmistakably redrawn.

Avelo is sidestepping legacy limitations with an ambitious fleet move, while Embraer finally cracks a U.S. market dominated by union scope clause restrictions.

The move by Sono signals an ambitious pivot from no-frills airline to integrated travel platform, closely tied to the sprawling hospitality empire of its new parent company.

JetBlue’s upbeat statement is a welcome change, but it’s being measured against a very low bar. The airline’s problems have been years in the making, and it’ll take more than a good month to turn things around.

Amid economic, geopolitical, and environmental volatility, consumer appetite for travel has paradoxically grown even stronger. For airlines, there’s a massive opportunity in this moment to gain market share by capturing deeper customer loyalty. 

As competition heats up from Gulf and Chinese carriers, Qantas is betting that nonstop wins, even if it means 16+ hours in the middle seat.

As geopolitical tensions and mass tragedy-led demand disruptions threaten to widen losses for Indian airlines, carriers would need to figure out how they can leverage their improved pricing power without losing price-sensitive Indian passengers.

After five years of frozen skies, India and China are making moves to resume nonstop flights. With diplomacy cautiously warming, who will take the lead in reconnecting Asia’s two largest economies?