JetBlue to cut some routes after judge bars Spirit purchase

JetBlue to cut some routes after judge bars Spirit purchase

The JetBlue drop-off area at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Oct. 31, 2023. Leslie Josephs/CNBC JetBlue Airways told staff this week that it will cut some routes and service as it struggles to return to profitability and grapples with the fallout of its blocked plan to buy Spirit Airlines. JetBlue said it will stop flying … Read more

JetBlue-Spirit ruling doesn’t spell doom for Alaska-Hawaiian merger

JetBlue-Spirit ruling doesn’t spell doom for Alaska-Hawaiian merger

Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines planes takeoff at the same time from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on June 21, 2023. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images President Joe Biden’s Justice Department has successfully had two airline linkups halted in court in recent months. That doesn’t necessarily spell … Read more

Spirit Airlines raises fourth-quarter forecast, stock jumps

Spirit Airlines raises fourth-quarter forecast, stock jumps

Spirit Airlines jetliners on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Joe Cavaretta | South Florida Sun-sentinel | Getty Images Spirit Airlines on Friday raised its financial forecast for the fourth quarter of 2023, sending shares soaring 17% after a rout earlier this week … Read more

Spirit could slash fares, restructure after failed JetBlue takeover

Spirit could slash fares, restructure after failed JetBlue takeover

A JetBlue airliner lands past a Spirit Airlines jet on taxi way at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport on Monday, April 25, 2022. Joe Cavaretta | Sun Sentinel | Getty Images Spirit Airlines is on shaky footing after JetBlue Airways‘ proposed $3.8 billion takeover of the budget carrier was blocked by a federal judge this … Read more

Top 9 travel experiences of 2024, according to luxury advisors

Top 9 travel experiences of 2024, according to luxury advisors

Pandemic-era lockdowns ushered in the rise of “travel experiences” — or meaningful, purpose-driven activities that take a deeper, and often slower, dive into a destination. It’s not enough to simply go to a place anymore; many want to learn about it and be mentally transformed along the way. If that sounds like a tall order … Read more

JetBlue-Spirit merger block in win for Biden’s Justice Department

JetBlue-Spirit merger block in win for Biden’s Justice Department

LaGuardia International Airport Terminal A for JetBlue and Spirit Airlines in New York. Leslie Josephs | CNBC A federal judge blocked JetBlue Airways‘ purchase of budget rival Spirit Airlines, a major win for Biden’s Justice Department, which sued to stop the merger, alleging it would drive up fares for some of the most price-sensitive consumers. … Read more

‘Mean Girls’ opening weekend box office hits $28 million

‘Mean Girls’ opening weekend box office hits  million

Bebe Wood, Renee Rapp and Avantika Vandanapu star as The Plastics in the 2024 adaptation of “Mean Girls.” Paramount You go, Glen Coco. Paramount’s “Mean Girls,” a musical film adaptation of the Broadway show and beloved 2004 film of the same name, opened to an estimated $28 million at the domestic box office, on its … Read more

Alaska, Japan airline incidents highlight importance of safety demonstrations

Alaska, Japan airline incidents highlight importance of safety demonstrations

A display showing the ‘fasten your seatbelt’ sign and the ‘no smoking’ sign illuminated on board an aircraft. Jeff Overs | BBC News & Current Affairs | Getty Images You trudge down the aisle to your seat. You double- and triple-check that you’ve arrived at the right row. You heave your luggage into the overhead … Read more

How owner Spin Master is innovating iconic puzzle

How owner Spin Master is innovating iconic puzzle

Erno Rubik, inventor of the Rubik’s Cube, holds one of the cubes at the International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, Germany, Jan. 29, 2020. Picture Alliance | Getty Images It took a month of twisting and turning for the first person to solve a Rubik’s Cube. That person was Erno Rubik, now 79, the iconic puzzle … Read more

FAA to audit Boeing production line after 737 Max 9 accident

FAA to audit Boeing production line after 737 Max 9 accident

A plastic sheet covers an area of the fuselage of the Alaska Airlines N704AL Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft outside a hangar at Portland International Airport on January 8, 2024 in Portland, Oregon.  Mathieu Lewis-rolland | Getty Images The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday said it will audit Boeing‘s production line, a week after a … Read more