AIRLINE STRATEGY

Delta recently took delivery of shiny new Airbus A321neos, but instead of using them for fancy transcontinental routes, the airline parked them in the desert. The problem? A single seat design from a major supplier couldn’t get approved fast enough. These weren’t any old seats—they were Safran Vue s

You might think Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) would be the obvious choice for a transpacific flight from Taiwan. But China Airlines had other plans. In 2018, they started flying directly from Taipei to Ontario, California, a smaller airport just over 35 miles east of LAX. Why? Well, LAX is