To thrive as a full-service U.S. airline, a carrier must be all things to all people, taking customers everywhere they want to go, on their own aircraft or through partners, with enough frequency to satisfy business travelers. At least that’s conventional wisdom. It’s espoused by big carriers, like United Airlines, as it adds capacity and grows its hubs, and smaller ones, such as Alaska Airlines, which acquired Virgin America so it could better fight for West Coast passengers.

The doomsday scenario for Air France-KLM — that Air France disappears while KLM emerges as an independent airline based in Amsterdam— is highly unlikely to occur and is “not a relevant discussion,” KLM CEO Pieter Elbers, one of the three executives temporarily running the company, said Sunday in an interview. The Franco-Dutch airline is in turmoil.

Stephen Kaufer, CEO of TripAdvisor, was the most-compensated chieftain in online travel last year and — at $43.2 million — the fifth most-highly-compensated CEO among Fortune 500 public companies in the U.S., following only the CEOs at Broadcom, CBS, TransDigm, and Time Warner. TripAdvisor was quick to point out that the 55-year-old Kaufer received grants of options and restricted stock valued at $42.1 million.

When in-flight Wi-Fi doesn’t work, as happens all too frequently, airlines often offer a simple response — don’t blame us. Yes, the airlines advertise and sell internet, and when it works properly, they’re happy to take credit. But like their passengers, airlines are at the mercy of suppliers to ensure reliability. Some systems work better than others, but none is exactly like a passenger’s home internet, no matter what Gogo or ViaSat claims.

Before we welcome you to the inaugural Skift Tech Forum in Silicon Valley, we have a big announcement to make — today we’re launching our mobile app available exclusively to Skift Tech Forum attendees! The app includes all the logistics you need to know before you arrive in Silicon Valley, like directions, a detailed schedule and speakers list, and easy in-app messaging.

Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Ed Bastian earned slightly more total compensation in 2017 than any of his U.S. peers, as his carrier generally performed better on financial and operational metrics than its competitors. Bastian, who became CEO in May, 2016, received roughly $13.2 million in compensation, mostly in stock, as he is paid a base salary of $800,000.

A sleepy U.S. airline with a strong following in Minnesota is getting a makeover as it prepares to expand into more cities. Minneapolis-based Sun County Airlines announced Wednesday it plans to spend $20 million to retrofit its cabins, adding new economy seats and streaming entertainment passengers can watch on their own devices, while it trims legroom for some customers and removes first class.

Out with the old. In with the new. That’s the main idea behind The Palms Casino Resort’s latest marketing campaign, “From Dust to Gold,”which debuted last week to herald the 17-year-old Las Vegas property’s massive $620-million renovation in progress. “Destroy the old. Create the new,” a tagline from the campaign declares. And “destroy” they do.

The Skift Airline Innovation Report is our weekly newsletter on the business of airline innovation. We look closely at the technological, financial, and design trends at airlines and airports. Brian Sumers writes and curates the newsletter, and we send it on Wednesdays. You can find previous issues of the newsletter here. Last week, I received an email from AirHelp about a matter I had long ago forgotten about.

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