NEW YORK (AP) — JetBlue Airways on Monday increased its offer to buy Spirit Airlines, raising the stakes again in a battle over the nation’s biggest budget airline. New York-based JetBlue said it increased its cash offer to $33.50 per share, or…
DOHA, Qatar — London Heathrow asked airlines that fly out of terminals 2 and 3 to reduce schedules on Monday by 10% as the airport’s baggage-handling system continued to malfunction. “We apologize unreservedly for the disruption passengers have faced over the course…
DOHA, Qatar — Border reopenings and increased demand will help the global airline industry sharply reduce losses this year, according to IATA. In a forecast released as part of the trade group’s annual general meeting, which began here on Monday, IATA projected…
Travel companies are readying for another surge of travel bookings after the U.S. dropped its requirement that arriving travelers present a negative Covid test. It’s not clear yet how big the surge will be. But early data suggest that the end of…
American Airlines subsidiaries Piedmont and Envoy have agreed to new pilot contracts that will make them the highest-paying regional airlines. The agreements between those carriers and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) comes amid a pilot shortage that has led major airlines,…
American Airlines has introduced a new fare product. Flagship Business Plus tickets are now available for select international and transcontinental flights on AA.com and in third-party sales channels. Flagship Business Plus offers American’s standard in-flight business class service but with enhanced perks…
A federal judge has determined that the Justice Department’s antitrust suit to break up the American Airlines-JetBlue partnership in New York and Boston can go to trial. In an order Thursday, Judge Leo Sorkin of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts rejected…
Spirit Airlines has postponed its shareholder vote on merging with Frontier from June 10 to June 30. “The special meeting was postponed to allow the Spirit board of directors to continue discussions with Spirit stockholders, Frontier and JetBlue,” Spirit announced Wednesday. The…
The booking app Hopper is adding a trio of price freeze and travel flexibility products to its slate of financial technology, or fintech, offerings. The three — Price Freeze for Cars solution, new flexibility on hotel bookings and a Standalone Trip Protection…
The Transportation Department has reauthorized commercial and charter flights to nine Cuban airports outside Havana. The June 1 order is effective immediately. The order restores Obama administration-era policies for flying between the U.S. and Cuba that were rolled back in late 2019…