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Leadership Changes Market Competition Post-Pandemic Recovery Cost Management Profitability Challenges Domestic vs International Travel Consolidation Market Position Low-Cost Carriers Competitor Actions

American and Alaska Explore Deeper Partnership Through Long‑Haul Joint Ventures

Any expansion would require DOT antitrust immunity, with possible DOJ scrutiny given the JetBlue case.

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

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

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

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

Delta President Glen Hauenstein to Retire in 2026 as Joe Esposito Becomes Chief Commercial Officer

Spirit Airlines Cancels Planned Q1 Pilot Furloughs, Scales Back Captain Downgrades

Neeleman Says Spirit and Frontier ‘Need Each Other’ as ULCC Pressures Grow

New Pacific Airlines Shuts Down After Two Turbulent Years

Air Europa Names Veteran Executive Richard Clark CEO to Drive Global Expansion

From Air Force Academy, United CEO Scott Kirby Calls Carrier ‘Best in the History of Aviation’

United CEO Predicts Spirit Will Go Out of Business as Carrier Cuts Deepen

Alaska Ends Award Redemptions With Singapore Airlines and LATAM on Oct. 1, 2025

Air New Zealand Taps Chief Digital Officer Nikhil Ravishankar as Next CEO