An AI-powered airline is a fine ambition – but it won't touch the fuel price, the grounded engines, or the weak Kiwi dollar doing the real damage. Ravishankar's edge is that he seems to know it.
Skift Airlines•Gordon Smith19 Jun
Gulf travel advisories are moving. War-risk insurance authorization isn’t — and that’s the constraint that controls when European airlines come back.
Skift Airlines•Deepthi Nair18 Jun
JetBlue is shrinking in the New York area as it focuses more on Fort Lauderdale, where executives see greater opportunity following Spirit’s collapse.
Skift Airlines•Meghna Maharishi17 Jun
Air India's full-service offering has set it apart in a market dominated by low-cost airlines. The new fares blur that line.
Skift Airlines•Peden Doma Bhutia17 Jun
For an industry that spent 13 years arguing that passenger rights needed to be watered down, it's a rather bumpy landing.
Skift Airlines•Gordon Smith17 Jun
Riyadh Air CEO Tony Douglas has previously said he wants the carrier to have a presence on the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S.
Skift Airlines•Meghna Maharishi16 Jun
India can build airport capacity fast, but becoming an aviation powerhouse depends on convincing passengers and airlines to adopt secondary airports.
Skift Airlines•Peden Doma Bhutia16 Jun
Why settle for just the airfare when you can own the whole holiday?
Skift Airlines•Gordon Smith16 Jun
The centenary deadline may have slipped, but Şeker's broader point is that Turkish Airlines is now big enough that the number of aircraft it operates matters less than what it does with them.
Skift Airlines•Gordon Smith16 Jun
As one of the largest travel markets continues to shrink due to political tensions, Canadian carriers told Skift that U.S. travel is still producing healthy margins.
Skift Airlines•Meghna Maharishi11 Jun
Ordering more widebodies would allow American to invest in more international growth — a key market that has fueled the profits of chief rivals Delta and United.
Skift Airlines•Meghna Maharishi10 Jun
Airlines across the world have been cutting capacity and raising airfares to keep up with higher fuel costs. But even as travel is becoming more expensive, consumers still want to spend.
Skift Airlines•Meghna Maharishi10 Jun
Each Gulf hub airport converts sovereign wealth into a different theory of national relevance. Saudi Arabia is about to test whether aviation can convert something heavier — national ambition itself — into a destination economy.
Skift Airlines•Rafat Ali10 Jun
Strong summer demand and weakened rivals are buying Cathay room to absorb the fuel spike – the test is whether that cover holds once the peak fades.
Skift Airlines•Gordon Smith9 Jun
Willie Walsh has acknowledged that the industry's flagship climate target may need to move, but a revised timeline will only mean something if it comes with binding commitments, not another round of aspirational pledges.
Skift Airlines•Darin Graham9 Jun
Alaska is doing away with earning points on basic economy seats, but it thinks the installation of Starlink across its fleet will funnel more customer loyalty.
Skift Airlines•Meghna Maharishi8 Jun
The Gulf hub model was built for scale and transfer traffic. The Iran war has disabled both.
Skift Airlines•Deepthi Nair8 Jun
Four years to scale to 550 aircraft and 200 million passengers. Four years to build a widebody business while Air India races down the same long-haul runway. The clock is ticking for IndiGo.
Skift Airlines•Peden Doma Bhutia8 Jun
United CEO Scott Kirby said he still believes a merger with American would be beneficial but that the Fort Worth carrier’s management is the main obstacle.
Skift Airlines•Meghna Maharishi7 Jun