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The participants in the Travel Weekly Hawaii Leadership Forum Roundtable. Back row, from left: Alisa Onishi, Hawaiian Airlines; Rachel Bird, Expedia Group; Johanna Jainchill, Travel Weekly; Melissa Krueger, Classic Vacations; Sandy Narvaez, Marriott International; and Caroline Anderson, Hawaii Tourism Authority. Front row: Sean Dee, Outrigger Hospitality Group; Ray Snisky, ALG Vacations; David Hu, A|T Collective; Tom Mullen, Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau; and Tony Logan, Virtuoso.

Taking the Hawaiian Islands' pulse with those in the knowFollowing Travel Weekly's Hawaii Leadership Forum, 10 tourism stakeholders gathered for a roundtable to discuss Hawaii's...

Spirit earned, and even cultivated, its reputation for polarizing customer service in the years following its 2007 transformation into the first U.S. ultralow-cost carrier.

How ultralow-cost pioneer Spirit revolutionized the airline industryWith its collapse on May 2, Spirit Airlines leaves behind an airline industry that was transformed by its presence.

Excluding one-time charges, the airline's net loss for the March quarter was $68 million.

Frontier reports an operating loss of $283 million in Q1The airline's record revenue of $992 million was countered by expenses of $1.28 billion, which were driven up by high fuel...

Frontier is the largest remaining member of the Association of Value Airlines.

DOT secretary opposes federal aid for budget airlinesThe Association of Value Airlines last week lobbied the Trump administration for a $2.5 billion liquidity pool. Sean Duffy says...

Hawaiian Airlines CEO Diana Birkett Rakow (left) answered questions from Travel Weekly editor in chief Johanna Jainchill at the Hawaii Leadership Forum.

Hawaiian Airlines CEO discusses Oneworld membership and what the future holdsTravel Weekly editor in chief Johanna Jainchill interviewed Dianna Birkett Rakow at the Travel Weekly Hawaii Leadership Forum.

After the pandemic, Spirit was never able to regain profitability.

Spirit Airlines halts operations amid financial struggles and high fuel pricesThe closure came Saturday after the airline's negotiations for a $500 million federal bailout, which President Trump had...

Spirit Airlines could not get sufficient support from the airline's bondholders and the Trump administration for a government bailout.

Report: Spirit Airlines will prepare to shut downThe Wall Street Journal reports that negotiations for a federal bailout have fallen through.

Katrin Koenig appointed president of Delta Vacations

Katrin Koenig appointed president of Delta VacationsKoenig has been promoted from chief commercial officer. Current president Kama Winters is joining Delta Air Lines' marketing...

Lufthansa has temporarily replaced Middle East service with flights to Thailand, India, South Africa and destinations in Southern Europe.

As the Gulf carriers slash flights, others pick up the slackThe Iran war has led to at least a temporary reshaping of air traffic patterns connecting Europe with Asia and the Oceania...

The House voted Thursday to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.

While glad for the vote to fund DHS, industry groups rebuke CongressU.S. Travel Association CEO Geoff Freeman looked back on the damage caused and said the U.S. "emerged from this disruption...

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