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EasyJet lifts profit by making it simpler for fliers to upgrade

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc is making it easier for customers to hand over their money. The UK budget carrier raised its 2018 profit guidance, in part because more passengers are paying extra for allocated seating and check-in bags. That’s been encouraged by a website overhaul that’s made it less difficult to book those options. EasyJet shares advanced as much as 5.1 ...

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JetBlue eliminates jobs in $300mn cost-cutting step

Bloomberg JetBlue Airways Corp. is eliminating an unspecified number of jobs in the latest phase of its campaign to cut as much as $300 million from operating costs by 2020. The reductions follow a reorganisation of certain teams within the airline to streamline operations, the carrier said in a statement. JetBlue declined to say how much it will save with ...

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Amazon’s Prime Day evolves to become must-shop event

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc.’s fourth annual Prime Day event lured shoppers from around the world, highlighting the promotion’s evolution from a rummage sale of obscure products to 36 hours of discounts on major brands such as Samsonite luggage, Callaway golf clubs and General Mills cereals. It’s a sharp contrast from the first Prime Day in 2015, when customers kvetched on social ...

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