His comments came the same day United announced a new partnership with JetBlue — which many consider a budget carrier.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told The Wall Street Journal in an interview on Thursday the budget airline model is dead, adding that these “crappy” models “screw the customer.” Kirby’s interview was ...

Executed well, consolidation makes airlines more resilient and better performing.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you ask Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines, the ultra-low-cost airline model is dead. At an event hosted by The Wall Street ...

One airline CEO is defending his carrier’s business model following months of economic uncertainty that has shook the industry. Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle said Wednesday the ultra-low-cost ...

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has announced the end of its open seating model, one of the airline’s most high-profile policies. For over 50 years, Southwest has been known for open seats on its ...

DENVER, COLORADO — Providing passengers in-flight connectivity (IFC), with live TV and on-demand entertainment streaming services from take-off to landing, is gaining serious momentum in the airline ...

While some prominent industry voices have written off the low-cost carrier (LCC) model as fundamentally broken, IATA director general Willie Walsh maintains that discounters are proving the model’s ...