American Doubles Down on Direct, NDC Sales; Q4 Results: Southwest, Alaska

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January 26, 2024 American Doubles Down on Direct, NDC Sales By Donna M. Airoldi If it wasn't already clear prior to the end of last year, American Airlines executives crystallized it on its Thursday fourth-quarter earnings call: It eventually plans to have all its content available via direct or New Distribution Capability channels. Keep Reading FAA Approves Boeing Max 737-9 Inspection Process Upon successful completion of a "thorough inspection and maintenance process", the Boeing Max 737-9 will be allowed to return to service. Keep Reading Southwest 'Confident' in Managed Business Trajectory Southwest Airlines' managed business revenue improved from the fourth quarter into the new year, and the carrier expects another sequential improvement for the first quarter, executives said on a Thursday earnings call. Keep Reading Alaska: Groundings Blunt Corp. Travel 'Momentum' This month's grounding of Boeing's 737 Max 9 aircraft has reduced Alaska Airlines' first-quarter capacity at least temporarily blunted "momentum" in business travel recovery, carrier executives said on a Thursday earnings call. Keep Reading BTN's What to Watch: Day 5 BTN's annual presentation of opinions and projections about the year ahead continues with thoughts from BTN Group's Michael B. Baker and Bizly's Ron Shah, who take on artificial intelligence innovation and implementation from two different angles. Read More Encouraged By Distribution Strategy, American 'To Lean Further Into This' Subscribe to the Beat The travel economy is going to fare a whole lot better than the general economy this year." - STR's Amanda Hite Read More United to Add Nonstop Alaska Summer Service United Airlines on May 23 will add seasonal daily nonstop service between Washington Dulles and Anchorage, as well as between Denver and Fairbanks, the carrier announced Thursday. Keep Reading OAG: Delta Tops Large Airline On-Time Performance for 2023 Delta Air Lines was named 2023's most on-time airline among large global carriers in OAG's annual on-time performance report, released Thursday. Keep Reading Sixt Opens Six New U.S. Locations Car rental company Sixt recently opened six new U.S. off-airport locations, the Germany-based company announced. Keep Reading 301 Route 17 North, Suite 1150 Rutherford, New Jersey, USA 07070

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