Hawaiian officially announced yesterday that it will replace its B717 fleet with the B737-800 as first reported by The Air Current, and as we discussed on The Air Show podcast. I ...

The Hawaiian word hoʻokipa means hospitality, and it is at the root of Hawaiian culture. That is one of the reasons why for many years Hawaiian continued to hand out free meals onboard — it’s just how ...

Southwest filed its spring break schedule last week, extending its booking window from ending March 10 to April 5. This was a big schedule update, and there is a lot to parse. But one thing that stood ...

The airlines unsurprisingly did very well, but the results and more importantly, forward-looking guidance, show that we may have finally seen a structural shift. Airfares are up, and I don’t imagine ...

Today I want to talk about Pan Am, but more specifically, Pan Am’s famed Internal German Service (IGS). Why am I writing about this? Well, I was busy playing around looking at the data when I came ...

Shoulder season travel is doing well, and that means good news for everyone. The longer an airline can justify a long-haul route during the year, the more airplanes it can justify buying. I chatted ...

Recently, the company held its annual media day, and I was there to see what’s new. The answer? Surprisingly little. When airlines put on media days, they are always focused on making sure there’s ...

Zach Wichter is moving on from USA Today (best of luck, Zach!) and so he did a final column looking into the future. I gave my own take. Why don’t more US airlines have stopover programs the way ...

We’ve already talked about American’s operational issues, but today I’m looking at you, Delta. American hasn’t been a star performer for ages, but Delta? Delta has been the king for years. That crown ...