Airline execs predict record summer, even more demand for first class

Travelers at LaGuardia Airport in New York on June 30, 2022. Leslie Josephs | CNBC While the aviation industry has been in the spotlight lately for a host of safety issues, airline executives say there is no sign of slowing demand for flights. United Airlines “as an airline and as an industry” will carry record … Read more

Boeing CEO to step down as 737 Max crisis weighs on aerospace giant

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun speaks to reporters as he departs from a meeting at the office of Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) on Capitol Hill January 24, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will step down at the end of 2024 in part of a broad management shake-up for … Read more

JetBlue cuts routes spanning LAX, South America

A JetBlue Airways plane prepares to take off from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Jan. 31, 2024. Joe Raedle | Getty Images JetBlue Airways told staff on Tuesday that it is culling a host of routes, making it the carrier’s latest move to cut costs in the wake of a … Read more

TD Cowen’s Helane Becker talks Boeing’s mounting problems weighing on airline stocks

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Helane Becker, TD Cowen senior research analyst, joins ‘Closing Bell Overtime’ to talk how Boeing’s mounting issues are weighing on the airline sector as stocks like Southwest are dragged to multi-year lows. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is … Read more

Empty middle seats, more legroom

A Frontier Airlines plane lands at the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020.  Elizabeth Page Brumley | Tribune News Service | Getty Images First class on Frontier? Not quite. But the budget airline on Tuesday launched a new add-on to get more room at the front of its tightly-packed planes … Read more

United to pause pilot hiring, citing Boeing’s delivery delays

A United Airlines 737 Max 8 Leslie Josephs | CNBC United Airlines will pause pilot hiring this spring because of Boeing delivery delays, the latest effect of the plane maker’s problems on one of its biggest customers. New hire classes will be paused in May and June and will likely resume in July, Marc Champion, … Read more

American Airlines orders hundreds of planes from Boeing, Airbus, Embraer

American Airlines flight 718, a Boeing 737 Max, takes of from Miami International Airport on its way to New York on December 29, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images American Airlines said Monday that it is ordering 260 new narrow-body jets, including dozens of Boeing’s long-delayed 737 Max 10. The order includes … Read more

Upstart airlines Avelo, Breeze prepare for a profitable year

The inaugural flight of an Avelo Airlines Boeing 737-800 takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa on April 28, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images In the nearly four years since the Covid-19 pandemic upended air travel, the largest U.S. airlines have returned to … Read more

Why airlines are raising baggage fees and charging more at the airport

Travelers arrive for flights at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on March 16, 2021. Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images Airlines are raising their prices to check a bag — again. Just how much you it will cost you, however, depends on when you pay for the service. United Airlines, American Airlines … Read more

United Airlines raises checked bag fee $5, following American

United Airlines planes at Denver International Airport. Leslie Josephs | CNBC United Airlines is raising the price to check bags, becoming the latest carrier this year to hike a fee that generated more than $5 billion for airlines in the first nine months of 2023 alone. United economy passengers who book domestic tickets starting Feb. … Read more