Frequent-flyer programs   PaxEx   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines   Delta Air Lines  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Delta unbundles “basic” versions of premium cabins, restricting perks while keeping high fare levels

Delta is rolling out Basic Business, Basic First and Basic Premium Economy, positioning discount premium-like products with fewer inclusions. The changes reduce lounge access, seat assignments, flexibility, baggage benefits and mileage earning, without meaningfully lowering prices versus Delta’s established top-tier offerings.

Also: Wall Street Journal, One Mile at a Time, Business Traveller, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and thebulkheadseat.com
2026-07-08T08:13:15.044918-07:00
Leadership   Air Canada   Airlines  
Bloomberg • Mathieu Dion

Air Canada Picks SAS Head as Its New CEO

By Bloomberg: Air Canada recruited Anko van der Werff from SAS AB to be its new chief executive officer, choosing an outsider to lead the carrier through a major expansion.

Airline Geeks

Air Canada Names New CEO

Also: Live and Let's Fly, Breitflyte, Paddle Your Own Kanoo, Skift, Wings, Aviation Week, Airline Economics, One Mile at a Time, World Airline News, Wall Street Journal, FlightGlobal, Skies Magazine and 7 more
2026-07-08T05:46:01.532053-07:00
Middle East   M&A   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact   Airlines   Southwest Airlines  
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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Says Carrier is Being 'Tested' By Rising Oil Prices, But Elliott Takeover Will Help it Weather Storm

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Southwest Airlines’ chief executive, Bob Jordan, has told employees in his company-wide mid-year update that the Dallas-based carrier is being ‘tested’ by rising oil prices caused by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, but that big business changes forced through by activist investor Elliott have set the airline.

2026-07-08T10:59:11.479110-07:00
Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Orders   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Industry Leader Profiles & Interviews   Airbus  
AirInsight • Richard Schuurman

Airbus guides demand for 42.060 pax aircraft

By AirInsight: Airbus is forecasting demand for 42.060 new passenger aircraft through 2045, it says in the latest Global Market Forecast. That's down 390 on last year.

Also: AeroTime, Reuters, FlightGlobal, Aviation Week, World Airline News, Aircraft Interiors International, Airline Economics, Simple Flying, airwaysmag.com, Runway Girl, AINonline, Wings and 8 more
2026-07-08T04:13:59.297549-07:00