
Leslie Josephs
Airline Reporter at CNBC
Airline reporter @cnbc. Previously @wsj in New York and @ap in Peru. Queens native. Dog is my co-pilot. Reach out: [email protected]
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3 days ago |
flipboard.com | Leslie Josephs
4 hours ago Alaska Airlines postpones delivery of Embraer Jets, Spirit may follow with its Airbus - Air Data News Horizon Air, regional Alaska Airlines, should have received two new 76 -seat Embraer E175 jets in May, but aircraft did not leave Brazil, where they … 6 hours ago Oman Air to join Oneworld Alliance on June 30: CEO Muscat: Oman Air will officially join the Oneworld Alliance on June 30, after completing a nearly three-year process of integrating loyalty … 2 hours ago Earn points and...
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cnbc.com | Leslie Josephs
An Alaska Airlines plane and a Hawaiian Airlines plane at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on Dec. 5, 2023. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAlaska Airlines plans to start its first flights to Europe next year with nonstop service to Rome from Seattle. The Seattle-based carrier's new route is enabled by its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines — and its fleet of long-haul jets — last year. Flights are set to begin next May and will go on sale this coming fall, Alaska said Tuesday.
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nbcnews.com | Leslie Josephs
May 30, 2025, 1:03 PM EDT / Source: CNBCDALLAS — Armed with dollops of caviar and handfuls of Bang & Olufsen headphones, U.S. airlines are duking it out for international business-class dominance. There are even differences between seats in the same cabin. Next week, American Airlines plans to start flying its upgraded business-class “suites” that feature today’s premium-class must-have — a sliding door — and other features like a “trinket tray” and a wireless charging pad.
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cnbc.com | Leslie Josephs
Boeing Co. 737 Max fuselages at the company's manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, on April 15, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBoeing's airplane deliveries to China will resume next month after handovers were paused amid a trade war with the Trump administration, CEO Kelly Ortberg said Thursday, as he brushed off the impact of tit-for-tat tariffs with some of the United States' largest trading partners this year. Ortberg had said last month that China had paused deliveries.
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nbcnews.com | Leslie Josephs
May 29, 2025, 7:36 AM EDT / Source: CNBCUnited Airlines has a new friend in Queens. The airline is returning to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport again, this time through a partnership with JetBlue Airways. The partnership, called Blue Sky, will allow JetBlue customers to earn frequent-flyer miles on United and vice versa. It also includes reciprocal loyalty benefits like priority boarding and roomier seats for travelers with elite status.
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U.S. domestic travel demand is slowing, corporate bookings are waning, so airlines are banking ever more on vacationers who believe, as Victoria Ratliff said, are just not "meant to live an uncomfortable life." https://t.co/Y2ief4qHoa

Walmart also pulls guidance, citing Trump tariffs https://t.co/usfGJct6ac

Delta axes 2H 2025 growth plans, pulls guidance, CEO Ed Bastian tells @CNBC that Trump's trade war is the "wrong approach" as bookings slide in what was supposed to be the airline's best year ever. $DAL https://t.co/x7WRuM137A

Delta axes 2H 2025 growth plans, pulls guidance, CEO Ed Bastian tells @CNBC that Trump's trade war is the "wrong approach" as bookings slide in what was supposed to be the airline's best year ever. $DAL https://t.co/x7WRuM137A