The global airline industry will return to profitability in 2023, according to the latest IATA economic forecast. The trade group foresees airlines globally recording a profit of $4.7 billion next year on revenues of $779 billion. That would mean a net margin…
American Airlines on Monday alerted travel agencies that they need to be connected to the carrier’s New Distribution Capability technology by April 2023 to ensure access to its full range of third-party public channel content, according to an American memo reviewed by…
Priceline has reached an agreement with British Airways and Iberia to sell those carriers’ NDC-enabled product offerings. The partnership, said Priceline, will enable flyers who use the OTA to gain access to the full range of fares and additional product offerings that…
Delta Air Lines has reached a tentative labor agreement with its pilots. The deal, if it is eventually approved by members of the Delta chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) union, would end more than three years of negotiations between…
The head of a planned startup transatlantic carrier, Fly Atlantic, is looking to Spirit and Ireland-based Ryanair for inspiration. “What I particularly admire is their vigorous pursuit of low costs and their devotion to the tenets of low cost,” said Andrew Pyne,…
Alaska Airlines has become the first carrier in the U.S. to introduce electronic bag tags. This week, 2,500 Mileage Plan loyalty members will begin receiving their 3-by-5-inch tags. The initial participants are elite status Mileage Plan members who were among the first…
DALLAS — Southwest Airlines expects to have completed WiFi upgrades on nearly half of its approximately 750 aircraft by the end of January. Thus far, 260 aircraft have received the hardware upgrade, vice president of customer experience and engagement Tony Roach said…
American Airlines and British Airways unveiled their new colocation facilities at Terminal 8 in JFK Airport. The carriers had announced the project in 2019 and outlined its details in January. BA’s move from Terminal 7 will be complete Dec. 1. In addition,…
Singapore Airlines will stop operating Airbus A380 aircraft in New York next May. Beginning May 15, the carrier will instead fly Boeing 777-300ER planes on its JFK-Frankfurt-Singapore route, spokesman James Boyd said. Singapore Airlines brought its most luxurious aircraft, the reconfigured version…
In partnership with Delta, Latam will begin thrice-weekly service between Los Angeles and Sao Paolo on July 1. The route is the first new service the carriers have announced under their joint venture approved in late September. It will also be the…