Articles tagged “fares”

Online Travel

Hopper and JetBlue Partner and Other Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Hopper partners with JetBlue to expand its reach, Google cuts back on business travel, and Cambodia digitizes its tourism industry.

Allison Armijo | 1 year ago

Hopper and JetBlue Partner and Other Top Stories This Week

News Blog

EasyJet Partners with Datalex to Personalize Fare Options

Datalex, a Dublin-based tech company, partnered with easyJet to up the airline's game in merchandising to travelers and the customer experience. EasyJet offers passengers Standard, Standard Plus, and Essentials fares, as well as add-ons such as extra legroom. EasyJet fare types. Source: EasyJet A Datalex spokesperson said this new digital retail partnership with the airline…

Dennis Schaal | 1 year ago

Airlines

American Airlines Revives Deep Discount Fares Because Their Absence Hurt

American Airlines is taking nothing for granted in wooing passengers with discounted fares and employees with profit-sharing. Both moves, it hopes, will generate revenue and profits.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

American Airlines Revives Deep Discount Fares Because Their Absence Hurt

Airlines

Delta to Expand Basic Economy Fares That Generated $20 Million in Extra Revenue

If you take Delta at its word, then fears that the introduction of Basic Economy fares to compete with the ultra-low-cost carriers on price would dilute the spend of usually higher-paying passengers haven't been borne out. Still, the situation is fluid as other legacy carriers are set to introduce these discounted fares, as well.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Delta to Expand Basic Economy Fares That Generated $20 Million in Extra Revenue

Airlines

American Airlines Says Premium Seats Will Be the Next Frontier in Ancillary Fees

Hyperbole or reality? American Airlines thinks its upcoming basic and premium economy will be huge, akin to its launching bag fees in 2008.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Airlines

United CEO Oscar Munoz: ‘It’s a Competitive Industry. I’m a Competitive Guy’

Leadership isn't just about energy and enthusiasm, which recovering United CEO Oscar Munoz seems to have plenty of. But it can't be dismissed, either.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

United CEO Oscar Munoz: ‘It’s a Competitive Industry. I’m a Competitive Guy’

Airlines

Why Spirit Air CEO Respects Delta’s Aggressive Basic Economy Strategy

Spirit's Baldanza has a lot of respect for Delta's management, and Baldanza and the Spirit model are widely respected within the airline industry. With legacy carriers getting much more aggressive about matching Spirit's fares, the ultra low-cost carrier is definitely feeling it but Baldanza insists that Spirit can take a punch.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 8 years ago

Why Spirit Air CEO Respects Delta’s Aggressive Basic Economy Strategy

Airlines

Delta’s New Fares Mean Choice for Passengers and $1.5 Billion for the Airline

U.S. airlines are increasingly offering their passengers more choice and flexibility. Translation? You will be paying more if you want stuff such as a seat assignment and the ability to change your flight.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Delta’s New Fares Mean Choice for Passengers and $1.5 Billion for the Airline

Online Travel

Orbitz Settles Lawsuit With Hidden Cities Startup Founder

Skiplagged doesn't have much of a future as a business beyond being an informational website. It is doubtful that Skiplagged would get authorization to link to a travel agency to enable Skiplagged users to book hidden-city itineraries because travel agencies would get into big trouble with airlines for facilitating such bookings.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Orbitz Settles Lawsuit With Hidden Cities Startup Founder

Airlines

How China Southern Airlines is killing Qantas on the Kangaroo route

It's more than patronizing for Qantas to claim China Southern is "on its radar." Then again, China Southern could say that Qantas is in its rear-view mirror.

David Fickling, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

How China Southern Airlines is killing Qantas on the Kangaroo route