Daily Airline News

Dwindling air service to small cities across the U.S. is the result of changing airline economics, and not just the pilot shortage airlines face, long-time industry analyst William Swelbar said…

Qantas to Paris? Jetstar to Manila? Both are markets that the Qantas Group could serve by the end of the decade as it sets its sights on profitable new growth…

Airline Weekly subscribers now get access to our first airline research report on the Skift Research website. This is now available to both Skift Research and Airline Weekly subscribers. 

A shift is underway in how Europeans get around. Air travel is still king with discounters, like Ryanair and Wizz Air, carrying record numbers of fliers around the continent. But…

The Lufthansa Group has agreed to buy 41 percent of Italy's state-owned ITA Airways for €325 million ($348 million), the culmination of more than a decade of wrangling to secure…

U.S. airlines expect to fly a record number of travelers this summer despite a national air traffic controller shortage and other issues limiting the number of flights.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warned Tuesday of the air traffic controller shortage stretching well beyond this summer as the Federal Aviation Administration works to rebuild its ranks after the…

The controversial northeast alliance between American Airlines and JetBlue Airways, dubbed a "pseudo-merger" by some, is no more. Well, in 30 days time and pending a possible appeal.

Copa Airlines and Avianca both reported strong first-quarter operating profits, a sign of good times in Latin America’s airline market.

Reagan National Airport, adjacent to downtown Washington, D.C., is one of just two airports in the U.S. with a perimeter that limits how far airlines can fly. While several exemptions…