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Airlines
Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at JetBlue’s plans for Spirit Air, Skiplagged’s latest lawsuit, and Qantas’s new strategy.
Rashaad Jorden | 3 months ago
Spirit Airlines is set to pay for misleading first-time flyers with carry-on baggage fees, sometimes equating to the ticket price. But just how much it will pay out depends on whether affected passengers request a refund.
Brendan Pierson, Reuters | 3 months ago
An admission by JetBlue that it would raise Spirit airfares could doom their proposed merger.
Edward Russell | 3 months ago
Hotels
Today's edition of Skift's daily podcast looks closer at IHG’s new brand, Booking Holding’s European concessions, and a JetBlue-Spirit Air timeline.
The proposed JetBlue-Spirit merger has many twists and turns in the last year, and here's a look at the major developments of a deal that would shake up the airline industry.
Airline Weekly
U.S. airlines face the odd set up of strong travel demand but falling airfares.
4 months ago
It's not a good summer to be a domestic-focused budget airline in the U.S.
News Blog
JetBlue Airways and American Airlines will begin winding down their alliance in the northeast in a week's time, or on July 21. That's when the carriers will stop taking new reservations under the pact, which a federal judge ruled violated U.S. antitrust law in May. Existing itineraries that include American and JetBlue flights for travel…
Edward Russell | 5 months ago
JetBlue Airways will not fight to save its alliance with American Airlines in the northeastern U.S., following a judge's ruling that the pact violated U.S. antitrust law and must be unwound. Instead, JetBlue will shift its focus to securing approval for its proposed merger with Spirit Airlines. "Despite our deep conviction in the procompetitive benefits…
Spirit Airlines has a plan that could get it access to Washington's Reagan National Airport along with other budget carriers that have little or no presence at the sought-after D.C. gateway.
5 months ago
