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One of Boeing's biggest customers leveled fresh criticism over ongoing 737 Max delivery delays
Europe's largest airline by passengers, Ryanair, saw profits fall 18% in the six months to the end …
Polly Thompson
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JetBlue founder and low-cost airline veteran explains how struggling airlines need to adapt to survive right now
Low-cost guru David Neeleman, who has founded five budget carriers since 1984, told BI some airline…
Taylor Rains
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United Airlines takes a shot at Delta's IT meltdown: 'Healthy businesses don't make excuses'
United Airlines did not include the financial cost of July's CrowdStrike IT outage on its third qua…
Benjamin Zhang
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Problems keep piling up for budget airlines like Spirit Airlines — so get set to pay more
Spirit Airlines is reportedly considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as budget carriers seek …
Pete Syme
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Elon Musk's plan to dominate the in-flight internet market gained another customer. Here's every airline using Starlink.
Air France announced a deal with Starlink for free in-flight WiFi in every cabin, just two weeks af…
Pete Syme
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China's upstart planemaker is taking advantage of production woes at Boeing and Airbus as it seeks to break into the Western market
Comac could deliver a C919 within a year as Boeing and Airbus deal with supply-chain problems, Paul…
Pete Syme
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A partially deaf passenger is suing Frontier for discrimination, claiming he and his wife were barred from a flight and not given a reason
Ivaylo Dodev, who is deaf in one ear, said a gate agent became "pugilistic" after he said he couldn…
Tom Carter
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Boeing's new boss got a major endorsement from his biggest customer in his first week on the job
Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines, praised Kelly Ortberg in a post on LinkedIn. United flies more…
Pete Syme
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Analyst blasts American Airlines for troubling 'lack of vigor' and action to improve financial performance
JP Morgan analysts criticized American Airlines, which reported a 46% decline in Q2 2024 profits, f…
Benjamin Zhang
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Airlines are scrambling to fix the unsustainable crisis caused by too many cheap flights
A flood of low-priced, money-losing, economy-class seats has airlines across the industry scrambli…
Benjamin Zhang
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Spirit passengers are getting fed up with the ultra-low-cost airline's extra fees
Spirit lowered its revenue estimate, blaming declining non-ticket revenue. United's CEO previously …
Pete Syme
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Historians absolutely hate Ridley Scott's Napoleon movie
Historians are picking apart the movie's historical accuracy. Ridley Scott says they should "get a…
Marianne Guenot
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United Airlines CEO says 100 of its regional jets are grounded because of a pilot shortage
United Airlines CEO, Scott Kirby, said in a Senate hearing that the pilot shortage has stopped the …
Kate Duffy
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Boeing isn't bringing any of its signature jets to the year's biggest air show for the first time in over a decade
Boeing said it's prioritizing work on a safety and quality plan, as it deals with a crisis followin…
Pete Syme
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United employees sue the airline over exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as the company announces 97% of workers have gotten the shot
United was the fist major US airline to require its employees to be vaccinated against the coronavi…
Francis Agustin
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I used to ultra-low-cost airlines to save money. Their cheap tickets aren't worth the headache anymore.
Mainline carriers offer the best of both worlds with basic economy, and I've found the discounted f…
Taylor Rains
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United Airlines' CEO says only a 'handful' of staff have resigned over its vaccine mandate. 'The ones I'm aware of are in the single digit number of people.'
Around 90% of United Airlines' US workforce have shown proof of their vaccination ahead of a Septem…
Grace Dean,Kate Duffy
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United Airlines says it will put workers with vaccine exemptions on temporary leave or reassign them so they won't face customers
United Airlines staff with vaccine exemptions will be reassigned or put on temporary leave after th…
Sarah Jackson
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United CEO says ultra-low-cost airlines like Frontier are 'going out of business' thanks to poor customer service and a 'flawed' business model
In a candid interview, United Airlines' CEO criticized cheaper competitors like Frontier and Spirit…
Taylor Rains
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United Airlines CEO says he wants to see a competitor break the Airbus-Boeing duopoly, but isn't convinced by Chinese upstart Comac
Scott Kirby said Boeing's decision to build the 737 Max instead of a new model was a "fundamental m…