The alliance also added Fiji Airways as its first member in a new membership category, Oneworld Connect.

More than 50 airlines around the world are now certified at NDC Level 3, IATA’s highest NDC certification level, as well as the main GDSs.

The new space includes state of the art fixtures and upscale retail brands, including an outpost of the fabled FAO Schwartz toy store.

Indigo Partners, a private equity firm that has a stake in Frontier, has stepped in to help and said it has a strategic vision for Wow Air.

Low-cost carrier Norwegian and TAP Air Portugal are among the airlines planning to expand their flight networks in the U.S., starting in the spring.

While 61 percent of U.S. travelers book and pay for their trips using their smartphones, nearly 100 percent of consumers in China do the same.

The airline's business class has garnered attention for its affordable fares, including periodic sale fares as low as $1,500 roundtrip.

A brand new Lion Air aircraft that had been serviced the day before crashed during a short flight to an island off Sumatra.

Fares will be as low as $106 one way as the upstart joins an already crowded route segment.

A spokesman for Oneworld said in a statement that the alliance views the fracas as a ‘difference of opinion’ that it hopes ‘can be resolved quickly.’