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Spirit Airlines Picks New CEO From Rival Sun Country
Personnel // April 17, 2025

Dave Davis, formerly chief financial officer and president of Sun Country Airlines, will become Spirit’s CEO next week, the airline announced Thursday (April 17). “We’re excited to welcome Dave as Spirit’s new president and CEO,” Robert Milton, chairman of Spirit Airlines, said in a news release. “He...

United Airlines Taps Tech Investments, Strategic Capacity Cuts to Weather Expected Travel Turbulence
Transportation // April 16, 2025

Sometimes good things can come at surprising times. That was the case for United Airlines, which on Wednesday’s (April 16) first quarter 2025 earnings call posted its best first-quarter results in five years. Despite headwinds from a persistently volatile macroeconomic environment, United Airlines was able...

United Airlines Reduces Domestic Capacity, Citing ‘Current Demand Environment’
Transportation // April 15, 2025

United Airlines said Tuesday (April 15) that it will remove 4 percentage points of its scheduled domestic capacity, starting in the third quarter, in response to the “current demand environment.” “United is also continuing to make prudent adjustments to the utilization rate of its fleet,...

Report: Trump Policies Hurting Tourism as Europeans Stay Home
Economy // April 13, 2025

U.S. immigration policy has reportedly triggered a sharp drop in visitors from Europe. The number of travelers from western Europe who spent at least one night in the U.S. dropped by 17% year over year in March, the Financial Times (FT) reported Friday (April 11),...

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United Airlines Taps Tech Investments, Strategic Capacity Cuts to Weather Expected Travel Turbulence

April 16, 2025
Sometimes good things can come at surprising times. That was the case for United Airlines, which on Wednesday’s (April 16) first quarter 2025 earnings call posted its best first-quarter results in five years. Despite headwinds from a persistently volatile macroeconomic environment, United Airlines was able to find relatively stable tailwinds due to earlier and ongoing […]

How Fortune 100 Companies Are Already Using GenAI to Reshape the Business

March 13, 2025
C-suite leaders from three of the nation’s largest companies — United Airlines, Target and AT&T — said they are actively deploying generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) even with its imperfections because they...

Unfriendly Skies Mean More Consumers Hit the Road for Vacation

July 04, 2023
Summer is heating up, and consumers across the country are seeking much-needed getaways after battling the year’s inflationary headwinds. The trend is illustrated in PYMNTS’ May “How the World Does Digital”...

Delta’s Optimism on Travel Spending Helps CE 100 Index Surge 3.3% 

July 02, 2023
June’s over, and thus far, two quarters in, the year’s been notably strong for the CE 100 Index. All indices were in the black, again, this past week, continuing a...

Quick Reads
US Travelers Hit the Road as Flight Costs Climb

May 12, 2025
Americans are increasingly taking road trips amid an inflation- and tariff-related decline in consumer confidence. That’s according to a Monday (May 12) report from Bloomberg News, citing AAA figures showing that roughly 39 million Americans will drive this Memorial Day weekend. That’s a 3.1% gain from 2024 and the highest level in 20 years. The report adds […]

Spirit Airlines Picks New CEO From Rival Sun Country

April 17, 2025
Dave Davis, formerly chief financial officer and president of Sun Country Airlines, will become Spirit’s CEO next week, the airline announced Thursday (April 17). “We’re excited to welcome Dave as Spirit’s new...

United Airlines Reduces Domestic Capacity, Citing ‘Current Demand Environment’

April 15, 2025
United Airlines said Tuesday (April 15) that it will remove 4 percentage points of its scheduled domestic capacity, starting in the third quarter, in response to the “current demand environment.”...

Report: Trump Policies Hurting Tourism as Europeans Stay Home

April 13, 2025
U.S. immigration policy has reportedly triggered a sharp drop in visitors from Europe. The number of travelers from western Europe who spent at least one night in the U.S. dropped...