Donna Airoldi

American Airlines chief commercial officer Vasu Raja will depart the airline in June, the carrier announced Tuesday.   

Delta Air Lines took top customer satisfaction honors in two service tiers—first/business and premium economy—while Southwest retained its top ranking for the economy/basic economy tier, according to the J.D. Power 2024 North America Airline Satisfaction Study, released Wednesday.

After 25 years with Southwest Airlines, most recently heading up Southwest Business as VP and chief sales officer, Dave Harvey on Saturday announced on LinkedIn that he will retire from the carrier. Southwest confirmed the information and added that May 17 will be Harvey’s last day.  

SAS is in negotiations to establish commercial relationships with most of SkyTeam's 19 current alliance members.

El Al this spring will begin to expand service between the United States and Israel in response to increased demand, the carrier announced Wednesday.   

U.S. domestic business travel volume is projected to remain below pre-pandemic levels until 2026, while total U.S. business travel spending is not forecast to recover before 2028, according to a forecast released Wednesday by the U.S. Travel Association.

For the second year in a row, a South American carrier claimed the top spot for on-time performance in 2023, according to Cirium’s annual review.

As airlines have added capacity and “the leisure demand that drove record carrier revenues in 2023 softens,” 2024 economy- and business-class airfares throughout the world are projected to stabilize, according to a new American Express Global Business Travel Air forecast, released Wednesday.  

EY’s global head of travel unveils a sustainable travel approval tool.

American Airlines’ chief commercial officer helped lead the carrier’s new approaches to distribution and the corporate market.