JetBlue-Spirit $3.8 Billion Merger Blocked by Judge
The decision is the first time a major U.S. airline merger has been blocked in nearly 20 years.
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Delta to Slow Down Pilot Hiring in 2024
Delta’s pilot hiring plans for 2024 show that the airline industry’s post-pandemic hiring surge may be coming to an end.
Consumer Complaints Against Airlines Have Soared
A consumer watchdog report found that complaints against airlines have continued to increase in 2023, despite improvements made on cancellations and delays.
8 Airline Mergers That Shaped Today’s U.S. Industry
Eight mergers have really shaped the U.S. airline industry we have today.
Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Faces a Justice Department Wary of Airline Combos
Alaska and Hawaiian are singing a similar tune about their combo that other airlines did before their mergers faced the full force of an anti-consolidation Justice Department.
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JetBlue Faces Calls to Lower $3.8 Billion Purchase Price for Spirit Airlines
It increasingly looks like JetBlue is overpaying for Spirit.
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What’s Happening at Spirit and Frontier?
Slower bookings and "heightened" discounting are hurting Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines this quarter. That means potentially deep losses for the ultra low-cost carriers.
JetBlue Pilots Back Spirit Airlines Merger
Pilots at JetBlue Airways are the latest to back the carrier's proposed $3.8 billion merger with Spirit Airlines. The combination, if it wins antitrust approval, would create the fifth largest…
Maui Tourism’s Path to Recovery
Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at Maui’s recovery, Marriott’s carbon footprint, and Spirit’s dispiriting forecast.
Delta and Southwest Say Demand Remains Strong While Budget Rivals’ Profits Get Hit
All of the airlines are confronting a spike in fuel prices, with labor and other costs up as well. And that will hit profits.