Southwest Airlines executives maintain that major changes underway at the Dallas-based company will be enough to regain its status as a top-performing US carrier by 2027.
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Demand for international air travel helped push Air Canada to a C$1 billion ($720 million) operating profit in the third quarter of 2024, with executives broadly describing market conditions as healthy despite upward-creeping costs and ongoing aircraft delivery delays.
Frontier Airlines’ chief executive Barry Biffle repeatedly declined on 29 October to discuss reports of the company’s potentially renewed interest in acquiring Spirit Airlines, more than two years after Spirit left Frontier at the altar in favour of a more lucrative deal with JetBlue Airways.
After a challenging first half of the year in which it has twice lowered profit expectations, Lufthansa Group was able to point to a brighter prognosis on yields as it is confirmed its full-year outlook following its third quarter results today.