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forbes.com - Roger Dooley - United Airlines Monetizes The Middle Seat Everyone Hates
United Airlines Monetizes The Middle Seat Everyone Hates
Forbes

United Airlines will block the middle seat in one row of its new Airbus A321XLR aircraft. Would you rather pay extra to guarantee nobody sits beside you on a long flight, or save the money and hope you get lucky? United Airlines is betting that at…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Southwest Airlines Co. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the day
Southwest Airlines Co. stock outperforms competitors despite losses on the day
MarketWatch

Shares of Southwest Airlines Co. LUV slid 2.73% to $48.08 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.01% to 7,457.69 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling…

scmp.com - Xiaofei Xu - Taking flight: Airbus secures a big order from Chinese airlines
Taking flight: Airbus secures a big order from Chinese airlines
South China Morning Post

Airbus has secured an order for 55 aircraft from two Chinese airlines, including 15 widebody A350 jets, strengthening the European giant's widebody sales in the world's second-largest air transport market. Air China, one of the country's three…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - United Airlines Holdings Inc. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors
United Airlines Holdings Inc. stock underperforms Friday when compared to competitors
MarketWatch

Shares of United Airlines Holdings Inc. UAL slipped 2.86% to $115.41 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 1.01% to 7,457.69 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA…

cbsnews.com - Trump budget proposal could threaten airline service at downstate Illinois airports
Trump budget proposal could threaten airline service at downstate Illinois airports
CBS News

Funding for commercial flights to small airports around the country, including to three communities in Illinois, could be reduced under President Donald Trump's budget proposal. Congress is evaluating the budget proposal, which calls for reducing…

businessinsider.com - Taylor Rains - Pilots and airlines are using AI tools to better time the seatbelt sign
Pilots and airlines are using AI tools to better time the seatbelt sign
Business Insider

You're thrown in your seat as the airplane hits turbulence, wondering why the seatbelt sign isn't illuminated — or why the captain waited until after a sudden jolt to switch it on. It may seem like the pilot is late. But the decision is…

prnewswire.com - National Airlines Receives IATA IEnvA Certification at IATA Headquarters
National Airlines Receives IATA IEnvA Certification at IATA Headquarters
Cision PR Newswire

National Airlines becomes the first US carrier to receive this highly regarded global recognition. This milestone represents National's fifth certification and formal recognition from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), further…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - China's top airlines warn of heavy losses ahead of uncertain summer
China's top airlines warn of heavy losses ahead of uncertain summer
The Standard

China's biggest airlines enter the peak summer travel season facing a more challenging outlook after warning of heavy first-half losses, with weakening demand raising doubts that they can absorb higher fuel costs during the industry's busiest…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Chinese airlines order 95 Airbus jets with list price of US$17.8 billion to expand fleets
Chinese airlines order 95 Airbus jets with list price of US$17.8 billion to expand fleets
The Standard

Three Chinese airlines will buy a combined 95 Airbus aircraft for a total list price of about US$17.8 billion, as carriers in the world's second-largest aviation market push to expand capacity and modernise their fleets with more fuel-efficient…

wsj.com - Dawn Gilbertson - How Airline Performance Stacks Up So Far This Year
How Airline Performance Stacks Up So Far This Year
Wall Street Journal

Happy Friday! Who do you have in Sunday's World Cup final? Remember that New Jersey chain hotel that was asking $4,500 a night for stays this weekend when the tournament began in June? The going price now: $700. Lots of travel news to digest this…

foxbusiness.com - Eric Revell - Airlines warn changing daylight saving time would disrupt scheduling
Airlines warn changing daylight saving time would disrupt scheduling
Fox Business

Airlines are warning that changes to existing practices around Daylight Saving Time (DST) would have a major impact on the industry and that changes would need to be implemented over time to account for challenges it would create for scheduling.

balleralert.com - poligirlsayswhat - Trump Airport: United Airlines Walks Back Free Change Memo
Trump Airport: United Airlines Walks Back Free Change Memo
Baller Alert, Inc

Trump airport controversy has pulled United Airlines into a confusing policy dispute after an internal message appeared to give reservation agents permission to reroute travelers who objected to flying through the newly renamed airport in West Palm…

newsbusters.org - Curtis Houck - Nutjob Blow: Doctor's Visits Don't Require ID, But Airlines Requiring Them Keeps Poors Out
Nutjob Blow: Doctor's Visits Don't Require ID, But Airlines Requiring Them Keeps Poors Out
https://newsbusters.org/

Less than 24 hours after throwing an infantile temper tantrum on CNN NewsNight by calling the New York Post 's Lydia Monyihan a “child,” far-left New York Times columnist Charles Blow falsely claimed Thursday on CNN's The Arena during…

euobserver.com - Benjamin Fox - Airline emissions bills and carbon credits for investment dominate revamp of EU's labyrinthine emissions scheme
Airline emissions bills and carbon credits for investment dominate revamp of EU's labyrinthine emissions scheme
EUobserver

International flights arriving in Europe from destinations within 5,000 km will be required to pay for their CO2 emissions from 2029 as part of a major overhaul of the EU's emissions trading system announced on Friday (17 July). The review of the…

washingtonexaminer.com - Jackson Shedelbower - Mamdani airways: Socialists now want to nationalize your flights too
Mamdani airways: Socialists now want to nationalize your flights too
Washington Examiner

Unlike other foolish ideas being floated by the fringe Left, it's not difficult to imagine what a government-operated airline would look like in the United States. We flew pretty close to that route up until about 50 years ago. Before Congress…

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