The “differentiated” part of the story goes back to when Delta decided to get away from the commodity business and become a premium airline 15+ years ago. It has unquestionably been very successful in ...

There are plenty of airlines that could benefit from buying Spirit, or at least parts of it. Who might that be? I’m not predicting anything, mind you. I’m just thinking about who might like a bite at ...

I did a comprehensive look at long-haul, narrowbody flying recently, and now it’s time to think more about the future. On Thursday, Iberia became the first to put the A321XLR into service from Madrid ...

The key for me was finding another place for AvGeekiness, and Bluesky is that place. You can find me there @crankyflier.com. I’ve been on X/Twitter for years, amassing over 150,000 followers, some of ...

Ever since American backed off its draconian implementation of New Distribution Capability (NDC) for travel agents, there’s been a whole lot less to write about. But I talked to Mark Nasr, Air ...

JetBlue, meanwhile, picked up the slack at LaGuardia where it launched flights to a dozen new destinations. It stretched into markets like Charleston (SC), Nashville, Portland (ME), etc. It went into ...

The Alaska/Hawaiian merger has been a done deal for over a month, but it’s all been quiet so far. That is now beginning to change. In advance of the combined airline’s investor day next month, it has ...