This week’s featured link
JetBlue’s initial London play: Stansted and Gatwick – PaxEx.aero
JetBlue has the slots, and that means London is coming. It’s strange to see a split airport strategy, but I suppose Gatwick was the first choice (behind Heathrow, of course), so they started there and then filled in as needed. If this info is right, that’s a very light level of density on that airplane. I really look forward to seeing how this does.

Two for the road
Delta Skirts Trump Tariffs by Sending Airbus Jets on Tour – Bloomberg
The people who figured this out deserve a raise for what they’re saving the airline.
Alaska Airlines’ next CEO optimistic on recovery and ‘pent-up demand for Hawaii’ – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Here’s a little chat with Ben Minicucci, Alaska’s incoming CEO.