JetBlue Redirects Planes, Crews to Hub After Spirit Shutdown
JetBlue Pounces After Spirit Shutdown — Planes And Crews Head Straight For The Airline’s Home Base https://t.co/vRH9qovsJU
Wright Brothers Filed the First Airplane Patent in 1903
The Wright Brothers' patent for a "Flying Machine," AKA the world's first airplane. It was filed in 1903. Images v/Library of Congress https://t.co/AoXKuvtQyh
SEC Chair Doubts Spirit Airlines Bailout Viability
Also worth going back and looking at @SecDuffy comments to @Reuters 10 days ago questioning viability of @SpiritAirlines bailout https://t.co/NbzYtXChNB
Sec Duffy Says No Rescue for Budget Airlines Now
The biggest news today out of @SecDuffy is that he does not think a government rescue is warranted of budget airlines "at this point" https://t.co/ygxeLLrgTK
Budget Carriers Challenge Claim that Policies Favor Big Airlines
Budget airlines respond to @AirlinesDotOrg saying major carriers suggest government policy "should continue to favor the largest and most entrenched carriers who are unabashedly steering customers toward higher priced offerings. Notably, many of the airline 'self-help' measures described by A4A...
Ship Insurance for Hormuz Strait Hinges on Price
Becky Quick: "The question is, how and when can you offer insurance to ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz?" Ajit Jain: "The short answer is it depends on the price." https://t.co/0m8CO1FXH8
US Autonomous Trucks Surge as China Halts Autonomy
A new episode of #AutonomyMarkets is out. Watch or listen on your favorite podcast player. Big Week for U.S. Autonomous Trucks, While China Shuts Down Autonomy @BotAutoAV $AUR https://t.co/m8nl7i1a4Q
Regulation Cut Prices Faster, Deregulation Worsened Flights
False. Prices dropped far more quickly in the regulated era than in the period of deregulation. And flight options are far worse today except from a few big cities. Same bad dynamics across all transportation sectors.
Shock at Spirit's Shutdown Despite Personal Loyalty
If you know me in real life (or my posts on socials lol) you know I always say I fly anyone who will get me there and I've flown with everyone and I've had flights canceled with everyone. I've never...
Reregulation Would Raise Travel Costs and Cut Flight Choices
Reregulation of transportation would result in much higher costs for consumers, with far fewer flight options.
US Still Reliant on Persian Gulf Oil and Resources
Tell me again how the Persian Gulf does not impact the US? 8% of our oil imports (approx 250M bbls) comes through the Strait of Hormuz. The world is pulling WTI crude out of the US at record levels, along with refined...
Spirit's Debt Crisis Undermined Value, Merger Might Have Helped
Was Spirit Airlines Roomba-ed®? Did debt levels make Spirit walking dead? Would the JetBlue merger have made the end less painful for employees of Spirit and Spirit shareholders/debt holders? Did Spirit have any pricing power? Anyone. Anyone. Bueller?...
Container Ship Commute: Climb Six Stories Before Elevator
Here’s what it’s like to commute to work if you work on a container ship Apparently you have you climb about 6 stories of ladders before you even get to the elevator https://t.co/8seZ8SmfTQ
Fiber‑optic Vibrations Detect Train Faults and Track Hazards
Scientists have developed a way of analyzing the vibrations of existing fiber cables buried underground alongside railway tracks to successfully identify a number of issues associated with train safety, including faulty train wheels and broken sound barriers. https://spectrum.ieee.org/distributed-acoustic-sensing-trains-railways
EVs Improve, Space War Looms, Food Nutrition Declines
🆓 Saturday links: growing EV range, the risk of war in space, and the falling nutritional value of food. https://t.co/JApt4rVwPI image: https://t.co/2VMu4El5gW https://t.co/N93cSX3Jk6
Government Overreach Undermines Spirit, Repeating False Threat Narrative
The government's unfortunate role in killing Spirit Airlines is surely noteworthy, but Spirit is really just the latest in a very long line of atrocious-in-retrospect government claims re: the supposed "threat" that "dominant" private companies present to US consumers: https://t.co/jCEilxJUjb
History Will Call Biden's Spirit‑JetBlue Block a Mistake
.@SecDuffy: History judges the Biden decision to reject the Spirit JetBlue merger in 2024 as a "massive mistake" https://t.co/HCxk8WgdOD
Airlines Provide Jump Seats, Preferential Interviews for Stranded Spirit Staff
.@SecDuffy says airlines are offering jump seats/spare seats for Spirit employees who are stranded and offering preferential interviews for Spirit employees who have lost jobs
Spirit's Exit Will Drive Airline Prices Higher
Everyone had a moment where they swore they’d never fly Spirit again. Be that as it may, this is gonna be a disaster for the American consumer as the other airlines are gonna jack up the prices with less competition
American Airlines Revives Seatback Screens, Promises More
American Airlines Bringing Back Seatback Screens — Customer Chief Says “Stay Tuned” - View from the Wing https://t.co/GV73Gg7Tvi
Spirit's Collapse Ends Cheap Flights, Costs 17,000 Jobs
Rest in peace, Spirit, the airline that Americans loved to hate, but which unquestionably made travel cheaper and more accessible for all of us. Thinking of the 17,000 employees and contractors who lost their jobs at 3a.m today.
US Sanctions Iran-China Pipeline, Russia Gets Lenient Pass
U.S. Targets Iran–China Oil Pipeline in Dual Sanctions Move on Shipping and Finance. While Russia skates along with US sanctions lifted. Why is Iran’s ally, Russia, treated so nicely? As Trump-Xi meeting nears. https://t.co/prTIHc6vM2
Airline Crisis Signals Need for Re‑regulation
Everyone but United and Delta is in varying degrees of trouble. JetBlue is on the verge of going under. There have been 240 airline bankruptcies since deregulation. If we want an airline system we need to regulate it.
Spirit Layoffs Signal Soaring Flight Prices Ahead
I feel awful for all the Spirit employees who are now without work, in this economy. Finding out in the wee hours of the morning, via email. And if you don’t think this is terrible news for travelers too, just...
Partial Fix to “Circle of Death” Increases Delays
My name for a nearby intersection (at Newton Corner) is "The Circle of Death." One segment of it has been partially tamed recently (at the expense of more delay). https://t.co/UK82ZhaHN4
Flat Cities Thrive, Hilly Brighton Struggles with Cycling
Cyclying environments easy in flat landscapes. Paris, London and Netherlands easy. I live in Brighton. Agree with pedestrianising the centre but it is is hilly as F! Many peripheral bike lanes remain empty. Greens got voted out for over-egging this....
Chinese Car Makers Accelerate Into South Africa’s Market
The "China Strength" isn’t just hitting South East Asia, 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗼. Just as Chinese companies are scaling across Asia, brands like Chery, GWM, and BAIC are entering, growing, and investing in the South African...
Transportation Priorities Driven by Credit Card Sales
Why are we organizing our transportation system around who can more effectively sell credit cards?
Local Airport Loses Spirit Service, Residents Face Longer Commutes
I live near a tiny, oddly convenient airport that only had Spirit flights. With Spirit winding down today, those routes are gone. Have to always go to the larger, farther airports now. Rough day for all the workers at that airport, too.
Europe’s Industries Still Rely on U.S. Support
When someone says 'Europe don't need USA' - do ask 'to what' - point is that Germanys automotive industry needed USA. My guess is that in reality we will see an abundance of similar examples in the future.
Eliminating Brokers Threatens Small Carriers, Empowers Megas
Without brokers, small carriers will cease to exist and the mega carriers will get bigger and bigger. I think that’s the opposite of what small carriers want. Be careful what you ask for.
Humanoid Robot Flies Southwest: TSA & Battery Questions
Humanoid Unitree G1 spotted on a recent Southwest Airlines flight. Expect to see a lot more of these in everyday life over the coming months. Now the real question—how do they get through TSA? And what about the lithium batteries?
Rising Fuel Costs Threaten Spirit's Low‑cost Flights
You wonder what happened to Spirit Airlines? Kerosene prices doubled in the past 3 months… now poor and middle class Americans lost their low cost flight options. https://t.co/eKxpFeDYms
JetBlue Offers $99 Fares to Stranded Spirit Travelers
.@JetBlue: "To assist stranded Spirit customers with imminent travel, JetBlue is offering $99 one-way fares to individuals with proof of a valid Spirit itinerary for the same route for travel through Wednesday, May 6¹ These customers should call 1-800-JETBLUE to...
Spirit Airlines Shuts Down After 32 Years, Employees Displaced
From the Mentour Group, our thoughts today goes out to all employees of Spirit Airlines as the company’s 32 year ling history comes to an end. 😞 I hope everyone can be absorbed into other carriers and that the impact on...
Celebrating Spirit's Loyal Customers with a Crypto Shoutout
Spirit was a small airline. But there are those who loved it. To those dedicated customers of Spirit, this one's for you solana:6BBd7J2HyAEWHZBFuHh4dYomypW8cnjRKaeVsrYeAwqL https://t.co/qqUbJaIXca
Spirit Airlines Collapses as Iran War Spikes Fuel
Spirit Airlines is the first major economic casualty of Trump’s war with Iran. Rising fuel prices derailed the company’s turnaround plan as it had projected for $2.20 per gallon but prices hit $4.50 a gallon in April. 17,000 employees are out...
Farewell Spirit: The Airline Everyone Loved to Hate
I wrote an obituary for the most important airline that everyone loved to hate. Spirit, this one’s for you. https://thepointsguy.com/news/spirit-airlines-shuts-down/
Robotic System Turns Trucks Into Mobile Drone Bases
#Robotic Takeoff and Landing System to Transform Trucks into #Drone Mobile Bases via @ZappyZappy7 #Engineering #ArtificialIntelligence #Innovation #Technology https://t.co/XcF5jl2v7c
Spirit's Final Flight Bids Farewell to Sky
Listen: Final Spirit Airlines Flight Asked Tower, “Are We The Last One?” — Then Said Goodbye - View from the Wing https://t.co/zKfo8yE3MB
Budget Airlines Face Collapse as Fuel Costs Surge
First airline to cease operations as a result of the Middle Eastern crisis is U.S. budget carrier Spirit Airlines. A few airline CEOs I spoke to recently said the situation is tougher for budget carriers given their thin margins. They have...
Tata's EV Push and SUVs Fuel Market Surge
Tata’s surge is largely credited to its aggressive EV portfolio (which grew over 70% year-on-year this April) and its strong SUV lineup, which has allowed it to displace long-standing rivals.
US Auto Tariff Spike Threatens €30bn German Loss
US auto tariff shock hits Germany: IfW sees €15bn output hit now, €30bn longer-term as US raises auto tariff to 25%. Risk: export slowdown. Trade: reduce German auto equity exposure. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
Spirit Airlines Initiates Operational Shutdown Amid Crisis
Spirit Airlines has begun a shutdown of its operations https://t.co/1KJsScfWts (via @theaircurrent & TAC/Intel) https://t.co/Y4ZHpea96s
Spirit Airlines' Final Flight Lands, Ending 43-Year Run
NK1833 from DTW to DFW has landed. The flight is expected to be the final arrival for Spirit Airlines and the end of operations for the 43-year old carrier. https://t.co/ZdIsOmwFc9
Low‑Cost Carriers Keep Prices Low, Spirit’s Loss Felt
Sad to see Spirit Airlines go More than anything, low cost Airlines benefit every flyer because they force more expensive options to lower prices almost everywhere. The better ending would've been a merger with JetBlue or Frontier
Ten Spirit A320s Spotted Flying Over U.S. Early May
Current snapshot of 10 Spirit Airlines Airbus A320 family aircraft airborne over the United States on May 2, 2026 at 12:24am ET. https://t.co/bpczVEcsUR
Contract Rates up 10%, Double‑digit Hikes Expected
Contract rates have already moved up 10% in the past year and large asset carriers have stated they expect double digit increases by the end of the year.
Tesla Sees Cars as Self‑driving Delivery Platforms
“We’re starting to view our vehicles as just a way to deliver self-driving” — Tesla
FMCSA Crackdown Prompts More Drivers to Skip Road Check Week
Road check week is coming up and I think more drivers will take off this year than normal due to the strong FMCSA crackdown