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At long last, the Denver City Council approved expansion of the airport's Great Hall. But the project comes at a price — it's at least $1 billion over budget and will be completed seven years behind schedule.

Nearly a year in, United Airlines' experiment using buses to connect its Denver hub with several nearby communities appears off to a slow start. But that may not matter — yet — with the backing of CEO Scott Kirby.

The pilot shortage United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby warned about is here. The airline is cancelling 14 routes to smaller cities from Washington, D.C. in the spring because it can't find enough pilots to operate those flights.

About four out of every ten passengers boarded worldwide have their trips touched by tech from the vendor PROS. The company's recent win in selling more enterprise software to United, along with this year's new products, acquisitions, and R&D spending, may catch the eye.

Airlines on both sides of the Atlantic are expecting strong demand for travel between North America and Europe next summer. With Asia largely shuttered and its recovery expected to be a year behind, airlines are scrambling to add flights across the North Atlantic.

Hydrogen-electric engine developer ZeroAvia is the latest to benefit from United Airlines Ventures' largesse. It's the carrier's latest bet on a new technology in an effort to be among the first airlines to go carbon neutral.

United Airlines took its sustainability crusade to Washington, D.C., this week. The carrier demoed the ability of used cooking oil to power a jet on a flight to the nation's capital with the aim of getting the feds to pick up some of the estimated $250 billion needed to kick start sustainable fuels.

The airline industry is taking a wait-and-see approach to the new Omicron variant. But the new variant is the latest indication that rolling travel restrictions and dips in demand in the wake of endemic Covid-19 outbreaks could be just become another facet of the airline business.

As the saying goes, you can run but you can't hide. Skiplagged may be marketing Southwest flights for now and helping flyers book them, but this practice doesn't have a bright future.

Listen now for a conversation with United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby from Skift Aviation Forum in November 2021.