Articles tagged “North America”

It's official: The U.S. Justice Department just sued to block JetBlue and Spirit from merging. Will it win? That's anyone's guess, but JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes said he plans to…

U.S. passenger airlines are expected to carry a record number of passengers this spring, according to a new forecast from trade group Airlines for America. That's big news for the…

JetBlue Airways CEO Robin Hayes is ready to take the U.S. Department of Justice to court if needed to secure the airline's proposed merger with Spirit Airlines.

The aircraft production issues that Airbus and Boeing have faced through the pandemic recovery are not getting any worse. But they are also not yet getting better, which has forced…

JetBlue Airways has one big bargaining chip that it can offer the U.S. Department of Justice in exchange for approval of its proposed merger with Spirit Airlines. That chip? Its…

Spirit Airlines lags other U.S. airlines in financial performance. In fact, it lost money last year while most of its peers produced profits. Can it fix its cost problems and…

JetBlue Airways is in clear selling mode of its proposed merger with Spirit Airlines as the U.S. Justice Department weighs the combination that would create the country's fifth largest airline.

Southwest Airlines Chief Operating Officer Andrew Watterson was grilled by U.S. senators over the carrier's meltdown during the year-end holidays in Washington, D.C., Thursday.

Spirit Airlines long succeeded by keeping its costs so low that it could afford to charge flyers essentially pennies per mile — plus lots and lots of extra fees —…

A goodbye to the Boeing 747, the Queen of the Skies. The planemaker delivered the last off the line of the iconic jumbo jet to Atlas Air on Tuesday.