Delta CEO Ed Bastian doesn’t think AI will drastically change the flying experience, but it may improve it by tackling one of the biggest problems facing airlines. Air traffic control, Bastian noted, is ripe for innovation and could be the area where improved technologies like AI make a real difference for travelers—“an amazing deployment,” even…
If the U.S.-Israel war on Iran continues into the summer, then airlines will start running out of jet fuel and will be forced to trim flights, according to Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary. In an interview Thursday with the U.K.’s ITV News, he said carriers will be in an “unknown scenario” if the Strait of Hormuz…
The U.S.-Israel war on Iran has delivered the biggest disruption to the airline industry since the COVID-19 pandemic, and United is bracing for a future where oil prices remain high through 2027. Not only has the price of oil soared, air traffic to key Middle East airport hubs has been disrupted, forcing planes to take…