Airlines
Korean Air considers ditching 57-year heel mandate for flight attendants, sparking debate
Korean Air is actively consulting with its labor union on allowing flight attendants to wear sneakers — a potential end to a 57-year heel mandate requiring female crew to wear 3–5cm heels on airport…
Jet fuel prices remain 54% above pre-conflict levels, threatening airline profits and future ticket costs
Jet fuel prices remain 54% above pre-conflict levels as of April 8, 2026, with aviation intelligence firm IBA forecasting global airline EBIT margins to fall 1.7 percentage points to 5.5% for the…
US-China trade war could ground Boeing 787s, slash Asia routes by 30% — act now
China's government has ordered its airlines to halt Boeing deliveries and suspend imports of US-made aircraft parts — a directive that, if extended to maintenance operations, could force the…
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United MileagePlus reveals new ‘pay-to-play’ system, penalizing non-cardholders with 40% fewer miles
United Airlines restructured its MileagePlus program on April 2, 2026, creating a two-tier earning system that explicitly penalizes members without a co-branded Chase credit card. Non-cardholder…
Trump administration sparks outrage with $500M Spirit Airlines bailout that looks illegal
The Trump administration is in advanced discussions to provide Spirit Airlines with up to $500 million in government-backed financing — a deal that would give the U.S. government warrants for a…
American Airlines sparks outrage with new ‘me@work’ system grading flight attendants on 5 metrics
American Airlines is rolling out a new individual performance scoring system for flight attendants — called me@work — built on 12 months of data and weighted across five metrics: Individual CSS Score…
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