All AB editors choice articles
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Rankings: How airline top order has re-established after Covid
For all the talk of coming out of Covid differently, now that the industry has all but returned to the point it was at when the pandemic hit, the list of leading players has a familiar feel to it.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Rankings: 2023 – the year traffic caught back up
Leading global airline groups all but caught up with 2019 traffic and capacity last year, even if it remains a mixed picture across different operators and regions
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Rankings: Strong financial return for leading airlines in 2023
The latest Airline Business Rankings show that profitability among the top 100 operators reached highs beyond 2019 levels off the back of record revenues, but that carriers now find themselves at very different points of the recovery cycle
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Airline BusinessListen to the latest episode of the Airline Business Podcast
Hear Graham and Lewis’s thoughts on key issues in the global airline industry by listening to the Airline Business Podcast.
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian
In the seventh of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian was recognised in the Executive Leadership: North America category
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: Finnair senior leadership team
In the sixth of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, Finnair’s senior leadership team was recognised in the Executive Leadership: Europe category
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: IndiGo chief executive Pieter Elbers
In the fifth of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, IndiGo chief executive Pieter Elbers was recognised in the Executive Leadership: Asia-Pacific category
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: Emirates president Tim Clark
In the fourth of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, Emirates president Tim Clark was recognised in the Executive Leadership: Middle East & Africa category
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: Turkish Airlines for Air-Cargo Leadership
In the third of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, Turkish Airlines was recognised in the Air-Cargo Leadership category
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: United Airlines for Digital Leadership
In the second of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, United Airlines was recognised in the Digital Leadership category
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: IAG for ESG Leadership
In the first of our winning stories from 2024’s Airline Strategy Awards, IAG was recognised in the ESG Leadership category
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PodcastAirline Business Podcast: Is the airline industry recovery still on track?
In the latest episode – sponsored by Panasonic Avionics – Graham and Lewis discuss the industry outlook following the recent IATA AGM in Dubai, including an improved profit forecast from the association.
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Airline BusinessQ1 2024 global performance report for benchmark airlines
The global airline industry saw its financial performance improve year on year during the first quarter of 2024, although the period lived up to its seasonally weak reputation in Europe and North America
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Airline BusinessQ1 2024 performance report for benchmark Asia-Pacific airlines
Full first-quarter 2024 earnings from Airline Business’s benchmark carriers reflects a strong performance from the Asia-Pacific region in financial and traffic terms. Aggregate data for the 11 airlines and groups shows revenues surging by 20% year on year to $34.6 billion, with the operating profit more than doubling to $1.36 ...
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Airline BusinessQ1 2024 performance report for benchmark European airlines
Full first-quarter 2024 data for Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Europe reflects an inauspicious start to the year for many airlines, albeit most earnings commentaries suggest things are set to improve
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Airline BusinessQ1 2024 performance report for benchmark Latin American airlines
Full results for the first quarter of 2024 from our benchmark airlines in the Latin America region reflect a positive performance during what is the high season for travel at most operators.
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Airline BusinessWelcome to Airline Business
The Airline Business website is the latest evolution of a brand that has spent 40 years covering the global airline industry as part of the FlightGlobal family
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Airline BusinessQ1 2024 performance report for benchmark North American airlines
Full first-quarter 2024 data for Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in North America shows revenue, traffic and capacity rising year on year, but profitability taking a hit amid a string of challenges for low-cost carriers in particular. That dynamic saw the 11 carriers’ combined operating loss jump by more than $150 ...
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Airline BusinessLufthansa’s delayed Allegris debut shows airlines’ supply chain challenges
Lufthansa’s first aircraft with its new ”Allegris” cabin updates – an Airbus A350-900 – is one of the more-visible examples of the industrial supply chain issues plaguing the post-pandemic airline industry, and are causing big headaches for airlines.
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Airline BusinessIATA global airline traffic leaps above 2019 for first time during longer February
Global airline traffic among the IATA membership in February exceeded pre-Covid levels for the first time since the pandemic, aided by the leap year adding an extra day to the month.