The drama-filled year in airlines started with a midair door panel blowing off a nearly new Boeing 737 Max 9.
Meanwhile, carriers duked it out for who could be the most"premium" and profitable, with cabins closer to the front of the plane becoming more popular purchases for travelers on July 23, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Windows machines offline. It cost Delta Air Lines more than $500 million and left thousands of stranded customers, with a cancellation tally that topped all of 2019. Still, the carrier's stock price hit a record this month.
Can it beat Delta? It's not clear whether the Magnolia Bakery banana pudding is enough to get more travelers to buy up to first class, but United Airlines is making other big moves, like expanding its network to include more premium leisure destinations fromThe carrier has thrilled investors with its results this year and set lofty targets for next year. Its stock has more than doubled in 2024, becoming the top-performing carrier.
While Spirit saw its stock delisted after filing for bankruptcy, JetBlue forged ahead after the judge blocked the planned acquisition with a singular focus:and former commercial chief Marty St. George, who returned to the airline as president in February, set out on JetForward, a strategy that aimed to refocus the airline, which had added too many money-losing routes after the pandemic with its premium-outfitted planes deployed to the wrong places.