Welcome to this week’s The Up Front Update — read on for your full roundup of what you need to know: our latest longform feature, news from across the industry, and what we’re keeping our eyes on.
The big thing to note this week: Thursday’s Donald Trump-Elon Musk meltdown, including threats of cancelling Musk-related government contracts, brings with it fundamental uncertainty implications — especially for airlines whose future connectivity strategies rely on Musk’s SpaceX subsidiary Starlink.
Read on for our full roundup: what we’ve written for you this week, what else is on our radar, what’s coming up, and what we’re reading across the industry.
This week on The Up Front:
Our latest in-depth feature for Subscribers and Pros: 4,000 words of detailed analysis diving into what the IndiGo-KLM-Delta-Virgin Atlantic partnership means — for travellers, for the India market, for the passenger experience industry, and for aviation more widely.
It’s a fascinating “landmark partnership” that on its surface would seem to be just about expanding IndiGo’s reach to Europe, the US and Canada, but delving into the detail of route options, geopolitics, and what IndiGo is planning, the implications are much, much wider.
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