Financial results for the June quarter reveal that challenges continue to weigh on the three main U.S. low-cost carriers, Allegiant, Frontier and JetBlue.
Smaller U.S. airlines are working to grow loyalty programs into more meaningful shock absorbers, seeing growth in co-brand credit cards bolstered by their rollouts of new premium offerings.
With Frontier Airlines considered a highly efficient airline, often used as a benchmark, Carbon Analysis examines its fleet strategy and future efficiency potential.
Fleet rightsizing efforts at Frontier Airlines are largely complete, one piece of a plan designed to focus on core fundamentals in pursuit of sustained profitability.
As U.S. value airlines face the back half of a challenging decade, headwinds and premium appetites are reshaping how the segment can define success, and themselves.
Frontier and JetBlue are emerging as the largest beneficiaries of Spirit Airlines’ collapse, but the latest schedule data suggests that nearly half of the ULCC’s former capacity remains unfilled.
U.S. airlines have remained bullish on the state of demand for their own product, heading into what they expect will be a record-breaking summer season.
A group of U.S. budget carriers is seeking $2.5 billion in government assistance to combat rapid increases in fuel costs spurred by the U.S. war with Iran.
In line with Aviation Week’s MRO Americas event, Carbon Analysis focuses on four LCCs in the region: Southwest Airlines, JetBlue, Frontier Airlines and WestJet.
Influential airline investor Bill Franke talks with Aviation Week about more M&A deals, testing new elements in the ULCC model and where he sees opportunities.
AerCap has placed a firm order for 23 A320neos and 77 A321neos, partly by exercising 45 options, and secured long-term leases with CFM for 48 Leap-1A engines.
Though faced with rising fuel prices, strong demand is helping U.S. airlines navigate the headwind, even allowing some to raise first quarter revenue targets.
