JetBlue to bring ‘junior Mint’ first class to domestic flights in 2026

JetBlue to bring ‘junior Mint’ first class to domestic flights in 2026

Silhouette of passenger in front of the JetBlue Airbus A321neo aircraft spotted on the apron tarmac docked at the passenger jet bridge from the terminal of Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport AMS EHAM in the Netherlands.  Nicholas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images JetBlue Airways plans to add domestic first-class seats in 2026 on airplanes that … Read more

Alaska Airlines plans new nonstop flights to Japan, Korea

Alaska Airlines plans new nonstop flights to Japan, Korea

Alaska Airlines planes. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Alaska Air Group expects to grow profits by $1 billion through 2027, and plans to ride the wave of high-end travel demand to get there. Alaska closed its $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines in September, less than a year after inking the deal that gives … Read more

SpaceX faces opposition to Starlink expansion from Ukrainian group

SpaceX faces opposition to Starlink expansion from Ukrainian group

The Starlink logo is seen on a mobile device with an grahpic illustration of planet Earth in this illustration photo in Warsaw, Poland on 21 September, 2022. STR | Nurphoto | Getty Images SpaceX’s effort to put an additional 22,488 satellites into low-earth orbit is facing a formal objection from a Ukrainian-American nonprofit, which says … Read more

Frontier Airlines to debut first-class seats for high-paying flyers

Frontier Airlines to debut first-class seats for high-paying flyers

Frontier Airlines planes are parked at gates in Denver International Airport (DEN) in Denver, Colorado, on August 5, 2023. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty Images Frontier Airlines, one of the world’s biggest budget airlines, is adding first-class seats. Its change in strategy comes as the industry is battling for customers who are willing to … Read more

Southwest and American airlines raise sales outlooks, shares jump

Southwest and American airlines raise sales outlooks, shares jump

A Southwest Airlines plane takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California, July 25, 2024. Mario Tama | Getty Images Southwest Airlines and American Airlines raised their fourth-quarter forecasts on Thursday, citing strong demand and higher fares, sending shares in the carriers higher. Southwest said in a securities filing that fourth-quarter unit revenue will … Read more

Court rejects Boeing plea deal in 737 Max crashes, citing DEI concerns

Court rejects Boeing plea deal in 737 Max crashes, citing DEI concerns

Nadia Milleron, whose daughter Samya Stumo was killed in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, holds a sign with photos of the crash victims during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on aviation safety and the future of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, in the Hart Building in Washington, D.C., Oct. 29, … Read more

American Airlines chooses Citi as sole credit card partner, drops Barclays

American Airlines chooses Citi as sole credit card partner, drops Barclays

American Airlines planes sit parked at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, Nov. 27, 2024. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters American Airlines has inked a long-awaited credit card deal with Citigroup, dropping its other partner, Barclays. The airline said Thursday that it expects payments it receives from its co-branded credit card and other partners to grow 10% a year. In the … Read more

JetBlue cuts more unprofitable routes, tweaks Europe flights

JetBlue to bring ‘junior Mint’ first class to domestic flights in 2026

Silhouette of passenger in front of the JetBlue Airbus A321neo aircraft spotted on the apron tarmac docked at the passenger jet bridge from the terminal of Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport AMS EHAM in the Netherlands.  Nicholas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images JetBlue Airways told staff Wednesday that it is axing more unprofitable flights, redeploying … Read more

Airline executives set to defend seat fees before Senate panel

Airline executives set to defend seat fees before Senate panel

Seats in the economy class cabin on board an American Airlines Boeing Co. 777-300ER aircraft. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. airline executives are set to defend their seating fees before a Senate panel Wednesday after the subcommittee accused the industry of charging “junk” fees to bring in billions in revenue. American, Delta, United, Spirit and Frontier brought in … Read more

In the new space race, hackers are hitching a ride into orbit

In the new space race, hackers are hitching a ride into orbit

The unoccupied space-facing port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module is pictured several hours before the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft would relocate there after undocking from Harmony’s forward port. NASA Johnson Space Center In the race to conquer the cosmos, the greatest challenge to space exploration might be the vastness of the unknown, but … Read more