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Market Competition Leadership Changes Consolidation Post-Pandemic Recovery Cost Management Fee Increases Travel Demand Profitability Challenges Fuel Costs Market Position

Japan Airlines Bans Flight-Attendant Layover Drinking and CEO Takes 30% Pay Cut

Regulators flagged the episode as a safety-management failure that short-term executive penalties may not resolve.

United Rules Out Airline Consolidation for Foreseeable Future

British Airways Raises Cash Charges on Avios Reward Flights Starting May 27

Jin Air Delays New Cabin Crew Start Dates as Fuel Shock Forces Cost Cuts at Korean Carriers

Delta Ends Snacks and Drinks on Flights Under 350 Miles Starting May 19

American Rejects United Merger as It Pursues a Deeper Alaska Tie-Up

American Airlines Rejects United Merger Talk After Kirby’s White House Pitch

Tata Chief Rallies Air India Staff, Puts Safety and Execution First

Brazil Air Fares Climb as Petrobras’ 55% Jet-Fuel Hike Bites

Reports Put American Airlines CEO and Predecessor on Paris Flight With Gucci Bags

IndiGo Names Willie Walsh CEO With August Start

United, Flight Attendants Union Strike New Tentative Deal With Raises and $740 Million Bonus

IndiGo Hires Aloke Singh as Chief Strategy Officer After CEO Departure

Air India Express MD Aloke Singh to Step Down March 19 as COO Becomes Accountable Manager

Oneworld Names Ole Orvér as CEO Starting April 1

Southwest's Assigned-Seating Rollout Falters as Reports of Seat Changes Fuel Backlash

Southwest Tops WSJ 2025 U.S. Airline Rankings as Delta Falls to Third

Spirit Airlines in Takeover Talks With Castlelake to Exit Bankruptcy

Frontier Names James Dempsey Permanent CEO

Mexicana Marks Two Years With Expansion Pledge as Data Show Weak Demand