We landed on runway 27R which is the northernmost runway, nearly in Wisconsin. It was an 18-minute taxi until we finally nudged into our gate. The retro theme continued when we parked at an E gate in ...

Marty talked a lot about aircraft, because, well, you know that’s what Jon Ostrower is going to ask about. I focused on Marty’s first priorities when coming back to the airline and on how the airline ...

Leading up to the pandemic in July 2019, Beijing had north of 40 percent of all seats departing China for the US while Shanghai was just over 35 percent. In July 2024, however, Beijing is just above ...

The “differentiated” part of the story goes back to when Delta decided to get away from the commodity business and become a premium airline 15+ years ago. It has unquestionably been very successful in ...

There are plenty of airlines that could benefit from buying Spirit, or at least parts of it. Who might that be? I’m not predicting anything, mind you. I’m just thinking about who might like a bite at ...

I did a comprehensive look at long-haul, narrowbody flying recently, and now it’s time to think more about the future. On Thursday, Iberia became the first to put the A321XLR into service from Madrid ...

The Alaska/Hawaiian merger has been a done deal for over a month, but it’s all been quiet so far. That is now beginning to change. In advance of the combined airline’s investor day next month, it has ...