United CEO Scott Kirby diminished American in comments on Wednesday. American CEO Robert Isom barely responded during American's earnings call.
Nowadays, most full-service airlines are part of a major airline alliance, but there are some exceptions. For many years, Oman Air has been a notable exception to this rule, with the airline (alongside many of its Middle Eastern counterparts) choosing to go it alone and grow without being part of one of the three major worldwide alliances: oneworld,
Analyst's outlook on Alaska Air Group's Q4 results, highlighting growth opportunities and integration challenges, with a hold rating.
American, Delta, United, and Alaska all announced record results as the biggest airlines continue to recover from the pandemic downturn.
Alaska Airlines is the only United States-based carrier that was in AirlineRatings' top 10—although Hawaiian, American, Delta and United were in the top 25.
Air New Zealand, which flies one of the longest regularly scheduled routes on the entire planet, took the top award, handed out by AirlineRatings.com. The Kiwi carrier serves Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, from New York’s JFK Airport — a distance of 8,828 miles. The trip takes 16 hours and 15 minutes.
The carrier's busiest domestic route from San Francisco International Airport will see 302 flights in each direction in January 2025.
Alaska Airlines' merger with Hawaiian Airlines aims to enhance connectivity and drive earnings growth through strategic initiatives in 2025.
A new year means new resolutions, new opportunities and, importantly for travelers, new flights. Hawaii trips are set to get a bit easier at Southwest Airlines. Greenland will get what may be its first U.S. nonstop on United Airlines. And a newly beefed-up Alaska Airlines is launching flights to Tokyo and Seoul.
A majority of airlines will declare a bag lost between five and 14 days after the flight, according to the DOT, One constant found by the research team is that the larger the airline, the worse the luggage service was in 2024.