Airline Industry News

Airlines to continue losing billions

George Hobica - September 17, 2009
According to this article in the Wall St. Journal, citing figures from the International Air…

More airline capacity cuts on the way

George Hobica - September 9, 2009
According to Bloomerg.com, citing data from OAG Aviation Solutions, the six largest US airlines will…

Southwest's EarlyBird Check-in: Another way to blow $20?

Tracy Stewart - September 3, 2009
Southwest passengers eager to snag first dibs on seats and overhead bins can now fork…

Delta giving 12 SkyMiles for each $1 spent at Drugstore.com

George Hobica - August 14, 2009
We just earned over 1500 SkyMiles! Drugstore.com sells everything you can imagine a drug store…

New Virgin America Routes (Los Angeles/San Fran - Ft. Lauderdale)

Alisa B - August 12, 2009
Virgin America, with all the bells and whistles they provide, is set to get you…

Can we have some rules please? It just gets worse and worse and worse.

George Hobica - August 10, 2009
If you don't know what we're talking about, read Ben Mutzabaugh's account of how bad…

JetBlue's new improved frequent flyer program

George Hobica - August 3, 2009
Already one pundit has pooh poohed this new program, calling it a "shame" they didn't…

Delta soups up SkyMile perks, now allows rollover miles

Tracy Stewart - July 28, 2009
Hot on the heels of United's announcement to drop fees for "last minute" awards tickets,…

American Airlines raises checked bag fee by $5

George Hobica - July 25, 2009
Effective for tickets bought on or after Aug 14, you'll pay $20 for the first…

They're at it again... predicting airfares!

George Hobica - July 24, 2009
Here's the latest, which I saw in Newsday. They may be right, but they've been…