Let's Buy Spirit Air(letsbuyspiritair.com)
529 points by bjhess | 506 comments
Campaign site 'Spirit 2.0' collecting non-binding pledges to buy the collapsed Spirit Airlines and run it as a people-owned airline.
#airlines on Hacker News
5 stories tagged airlines, newest first.
US airlines are pushing to remove protections for passengers and add more fees(travelandtourworld.com)
589 points by duxup | 555 comments
Travel and Tour World news article on American, Delta, Southwest, United and other US airlines lobbying to roll back passenger protections and add fees.
CrowdStrike's impact on aviation(heavymeta.org)
385 points by jjwiseman | 295 comments
Blog post by John Wiseman examining how the July 19, 2024 CrowdStrike Windows update outage affected aviation and flight operations.
Airlines will make $118B in extra fees(fastcompany.com)
363 points by thunderbong | 283 comments
Fast Company article reporting airlines will earn a record $118 billion in extra fees in 2023 and explaining how their websites use design to pressure fliers into paying.
Airlines make more money from mileage programs than from flying planes(theatlantic.com)
473 points by chapulin | 527 comments
An Atlantic essay by Ganesh Sitaraman arguing airlines now earn more from mileage programs and credit card partnerships than from flying planes.