Airlines’ numerous operational failures in the past year took a toll on consumer satisfaction, according to J.D. Power’s annual North American Airline Satisfaction Study. Airlines scored a satisfaction ranking of 798 on J.D. Power’s 1,000-point scale, down 21 points from 2021. “Customer…
Regional carrier Republic Airways has asked the DOT to grant it an exception to the 2013 rule that requires pilots to log 1,500 hours of flight time before flying for a commercial airline. In an April 14 application to the DOT, Republic,…
Discount airline Breeze will launch three routes from Provo, Utah, later this year. The routes will be the first to touch the carrier’s home state. Breeze’s corporate headquarters are in Salt Lake City. Breeze will fly daily between Provo and San Francisco…
Denver Airport, which is already Southwest’s largest base, now has 16 additional gates for the Dallas-based carrier. Southwest officials joined airports leaders for a ribbon-cutting on the expansion Thursday afternoon. The gates, which are located on the east end of the airport’s…
Spirit Airlines has reduced its summer flight schedule by 5% to 7% in order to improve its reliability amid air traffic control constraints in its home state of Florida. “The FAA has told us that we can expect these challenges to continue…
Frontier Airlines will launch four Caribbean routes from Tampa early this summer. The discount carrier will operate daily, year-round, Tampa-San Juan service beginning June 23, competing against the daily service of Southwest, JetBlue and Spirit, Cirium flight schedule data shows. Frontier will…
Spirit Airlines plans to move forward with its original plan to merge with fellow ultralow-cost carrier (ULCC) Frontier rather than accepting the higher-priced, counter buyout proposal of JetBlue. The Spirit board’s unanimous decision, the company said, stems from its view that antitrust…
Discount airline Avelo will make Orlando its newest base. The carrier, which currently serves Orlando daily from its Northeast base of New Haven, Conn., will launch Orlando service from Charleston, S.C.; Baltimore; and Wilmington, N.C. this summer. Avelo said it expects to…
Southwest Airlines expects revenue for the second quarter to be 8% to 12% higher than revenue in Q2 2019, as continued high fares more than make up for staffing shortfalls that are limiting capacity. “So far we have not seen any dampening…
JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes pledged Tuesday to take “swift and significant action” to get the airline’s cancellation-plagued operation back on track for the summer flying season. JetBlue canceled 10% of its scheduled flights during the first three weeks of April. And schedule…