Articles tagged “North America”

JetBlue Airways has joined many of its peers in updating its lucrative loyalty program, TrueBlue, to better reward those travelers who spend the most on the airline.

JetBlue has a New York problem. The city that made the airline could hold it back this summer if the Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control staffing issues are as…

SkyWest Inc. has launched its new subsidiary, SkyWest Charter, that aims to alleviate the captain shortage faced by many U.S. regional airlines.

For Southwest Airlines, January through March was a self-described quarter of “two competing storylines.” During the first two months of the period, the airline suffered residual effects from its December…

JetBlue Airways' struggles with flight delays and cancellations in the Northeast could escalate this summer as the shortage in air traffic controllers worsens.

Canada's second airline, WestJet, plans to go it alone when it comes to U.S. flights and not renew its plans for a transborder joint venture with Delta Air Lines.

Airline Weekly's Jay Shabat is joined by former Airline Weekly Editor Madhu Unnikrishnan to discuss United Airlines' and Alaska Airlines' first quarter earnings reports from earlier this week.

Alaska Airlines, headquartered in Seattle, again exposed its first quarter difficulties. The carrier, which produced outstanding summertime profits last year, followed by modest profits in the fourth quarter, dipped into…

Delta Air Lines took advantage of a unique opportunity last year. As other airlines struggled with surging travel demand, the Atlanta-based carrier used the capacity it was flying to grab…

Some pilots at American Airlines want to leave their union, the Allied Pilots Association, and link up with the largest pilots union, the Air Line Pilots Association. They will present their…