Airways Magazine
• Helwing Villamizar
United enters 2026 with higher profitability and greater strategic flexibility than American, despite the two carriers being similar in scale through 2025. The gap underscores how differences in revenue mix, cost control and network/fleet choices are producing immediate financial advantages for United.
AeroTime
• Stephen Pope
By AeroTime: Lufthansa CityLine pilots voted to authorize potential strike, its union said, after wage talks broke down.
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: The Federal Aviation Administration plans to reduce flights at Chicago O'Hare airport this summer, saying major airlines have overscheduled flights, the agency said on Friday.
Delta Air Lines
By Delta Air Lines: Delta continues fleet renewal with additional narrowbody aircraft Delta Air Lines is advancing its long-term fleet modernization strategy by exercising options for 34 additional Airbus A321neo aircraft, reinforcing the A321neo’s role as a pillar of Delta’s next generation narrowbody fleet.
The Air Current
• Will Guisbond
By The Air Current: The struggling eVTOL developer will retain a skeleton crew in California focused on aircraft design.
Skift
• Adriana Lee
By Skift: Amadeus expects low double-digit growth in earnings from 2026 through 2028. For revenue, it expects growth in the high single digits.
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
By Skift: Southwest is not allowing employees to wear smart glasses or other wearable technology with recording capabilities during working hours.
Air Cargo News
• Damian Brett
By Air Cargo News: The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected appeals by several major airlines against antitrust fines totalling more than €770m. Europe’s top court rejected 12 out 13 appeals related to a price fixing cargo cartel, with only SAS securing a reduction in its fine due to a miscalculation in the fine that was imposed on….
