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The Justice Department's case to block the proposed Spirit-JetBlue merger is scheduled for trial in October.

With JetBlue-AA alliance rejected, is it bad news for JetBlue-Spirit?A federal court's resounding rebuke of American and JetBlue's alliance is likely to complicate matters for JetBlue and Spirit...

A full-scale prototype of Joby's S4 four-passenger electric air taxi flies above the company's manufacturing and flight-test facilities in Marina, California.

Electric air taxis in U.S. skies by 2025? Definitely maybeAlthough the day is likely far off when these aircraft are widespread, the first commercial air taxi service in the U.S. could...

The Northeast Alliance has led to decreased capacity, lower frequencies and reduced consumer choice on multiple routes, said Judge Leo Sorkin.

Judge orders JetBlue and American to dissolve their Boston-New York allianceU.S. District Court Judge Leo Sorokin said that although JetBlue and American "claim their bigger-is-better collaboration will...

Data on air travel sales settled by ARC shows some softening over the past four weeks.

Airline ticket demand appears to be decliningConsumer demand for air travel fell significantly in April, according to a Bank of America analysis. Also, ARC data suggests...

In April, there were 7.7% fewer private jet flights in North America than last year.

Demand has dropped for private jet travel, and that's not a bad thingIndustry insiders say it is a healthy correction from what had been unsustainable growth during the pandemic.

Airlines' NDC plans fragment distribution

Airlines' NDC plans fragment distributionAs more airlines begin leaning heavily on NDC-enabled distribution technology, flight shopping is becoming more difficult for...

For the first quarter, American reported net income of $10 million, its first profit in the first quarter in four years.

American Airlines is pleased with its NDC rolloutThe early days of American's NDC full-content strategy have gone well, company executives asserted on Thursday during the...

This wheelchair, which was owned by John Morris of WheelchairTravel.org, sustained severe structural damage with a bent frame, broken wheel and cut wires after it was dropped during loading on an American Airlines flight last July. American ultimately replaced it.

Poor handling of wheelchairs continues to plague airlinesSince Congress began requiring the DOT to gather and publish mishandled-wheelchair statistics in 2018, the airlines haven't...

American Airlines removed lower-priced first-class fares from legacy GDS platforms, according to an analysis by Cranky Flier blogger Brett Snyder.

How are travel advisors managing American Airlines' NDC? Takeaways from Week 1AA as expected has withheld basic economy fares from the legacy GDSs. But it has also removed many higher-end fares. And Sabre...

In the lawsuit filed to block the merger of Spirit with JetBlue, the Justice Department emphasized the importance of keeping the ultralow-cost carrier sector robust.

How valuable is the bare-bones model? The feds give mixed messagesThere's a discrepancy between the Justice Department's support for the model used by ultralow-cost carriers and the...

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