Airline stocks were mixed on Friday after Bank of America upgraded American Airlines Group Inc. and downgraded Southwest Airlines Co. and JetBlue Airways Corp., predicting that the network carriers will continue to outperform low-cost airlines due to demand for premium travel.

Shares of airline companies are moving higher in sympathy with Delta after the company posted strong 2024 fiscal-year fourth-quarter earnings.

The wildfires have burned more than 10,000 homes and other structures. A Delta Air Lines executive said sales of Los Angeles flights have declined. Airlines have extended travel waivers for Los Angeles airports as wildfires continue to burn in the area.

JetBlue will also launch five new routes out of Boston, including to Edinburgh, Madrid and Halifax, Nova Scotia. “We’re excited to build on our momentum, offering customers across the Northeast and beyond even more travel opportunities,” said Daniel Shurz, JetBlue’s head of revenue, network, and enterprise planning, in a Wednesday statement.

JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) already connects Pittsburgh and Boston, and has served Florida cities from Pittsburgh as well in the past. And it's no stranger to the JFK-Pittsburgh route. It connected the two cities using Embraer 190 aircraft from June 2006 until February 2013.

Evasive Maneuvers While it may have provided an eye-popping spectacle for spectators on the ground, the mid-flight explosion of SpaceX's Starship on Thursday evening posed a serious threat to nearby aircraft.

Spirit Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection in November and is the sole commercial carrier at Atlantic City International Airport, has cut another 200 jobs across multiple departments, the company said Thursday.

With food and drink prices on airlines in constant flux, it can be hard to pin down which carrier is the best culinary bargain, but one does reign supreme.

The lawsuit alleges Southwest illegally operated chronically delayed flights and disrupted passengers' travel plans.

According to Sharon Petersen, the CEO of AirlineRatings.com, while Air New Zealand came in first place for the world’s safest full-service airline, it was a pretty close race. There was only a 1.5-point difference between that airline and Qantas, which both “uphold the highest safety standards and pilot training,” as noted by Petersen.

Commercial airlines had to divert or delay their flights to avoid debris from the SpaceX Starship spacecraft that exploded Thursday during a flight test.

Allegiant Air, Cebu Pacific, ZipAir, SKY Airline, and Air Baltic achieved a spot in the final five safest Low-Cost Airlines for 2025.