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Airline BusinessIcelandair takes heart from trends in early 2026 after another tough year
After a tricky emergence from the Covid-19 crisis, Icelandair has reasons to believe that 2026 could be the year when it makes it back into the black.
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Airline BusinessWhy Emirates is adding an A350 service to Gatwick as it eyes further UK growth
Emirates will begin operating a fourth daily flight to Gatwick airport, bringing its Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered Airbus A350-900 jets to the West Sussex facility for the first time.
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Airline BusinessAllegiant expects full-year capacity decline partially due to 737 Max delivery delays
US leisure carrier Allegiant Air issued a conservative outlook for the first quarter and full year, pointing to a ”modest delay” of 737 Max 8 deliveries from Boeing and a shaky demand outlook.
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Airline BusinessLATAM reinforces dominant position with strong revenue, capacity growth
LATAM Airlines Group reported a 50% surge in net profit to $1.5 billion for 2025 as the Chilean company consolidated its position as Latin America’s dominant airline operator.
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Airline BusinessManufacturers’ broken promises and airline consolidation hot topics in Dublin
As ever, this January’s Airline Economics Growth Frontiers was the aviation finance community’s Davos – albeit with a snow-crisp Swiss ski resort swapped for a grey, damp, and gusty Dublin.
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Airline BusinessWeek 5 2026: Singapore air show kicks off as growth optimism meets looming uncertainty
Earnings season winds down briefly this week as attention shifts to Asia, where the Singapore air show will take place from 3 February.
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Airline BusinessAirline News Digest: 24-30 January 2026
Our weekly rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessSouthwest not ‘copying’ rival US airlines with assigned seating and baggage fees: CEO Jordan
Southwest is rejecting suggestions that recent product changes have stripped away the carrier’s identity, insisting the moves reflect evolving customer preferences rather than mimicking competitors.
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Airline BusinessWizz happy to deliver ‘benign’ earnings report as it rolls out revised strategy
After a turbulent few years at Wizz Air, executives were able to delivery a reassuringly straightforward report on the business’s October-December performance and the outlook for 2026.
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Airline BusinessRyanair reflects on reliably robust earnings and positive outlook
The outlook provided by Ryanair during its 26 January third-quarter earnings briefing was likely reassuring for watchers of the European airline sector
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Airline BusinessJetBlue continues streak of full-year losses amid turnaround plan
JetBlue Airways never expected to grow or be profitable in 2025, a year that saw the East Coast leisure carrier purposefully curb capacity as it enacted major strategic changes.
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Airline BusinessAmerican expects profit jump in 2026 despite early weather-related setback
Despite sharing a poor earnings outlook for the first quarter – thanks in no small part to a major winter storm that pummelled much of the USA over the weekend – American Airlines still expects to be profitable for the full year of 2026.
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Airline BusinessWeek 4 2026: Will positive outlooks abound as European and US earnings ramp up?
Ryanair this week became the first major European carrier to report its October-December earnings and its outlook for 2026, providing an upbeat assessment on what lies ahead.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 17-23 January 2026
Our weekly rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessAlaska Air Group sticks to long-range goals after choppy 2025
Alaska Air Group has committed to purchasing 105 Boeing 737 Max 10s and five 787s as part of its strategy to establish itself as the USA’s fourth major international carrier, despite reporting reduced profits following operational disruptions in 2025.
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Airline BusinessIndiGo seeks to move on from challenging 2025
If IndiGo thought it had a clear path to fulfilling its growth ambitions, 2025 provided it with a series of reminders that the airline industry is not for the faint-hearted.
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Airline BusinessUnited targets revenue leadership as Delta’s commercial architect prepares to retire
United chief Scott Kirby has suggested his carrier could overtake Delta Air Lines as the world’s top airline by revenue, citing the imminent retirement of Delta’s president Glen Hauenstein as a potential tipping point in the rivalry between the USA’s two dominant carriers.
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Airline BusinessWeek 3 2026: IndiGo’s operational woes to come into focus as airline reports earnings
Earnings season continues this week, with United Airlines and IndiGo reporting their financial results.
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Airline BusinessKorean Air warns of increased competition, geopolitical ‘volatility’ in 2026
Korean Air has flagged a series of possible headwinds this year – including increased geopolitical ‘volatility’ and softening outbound travel demand – even as it saw a “demand boom” in parts of its network.
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Airline BusinessAs divestment nears completion, AirAsia talks up plans for next phase
The acquisition of AirAsia Group by sister operator AirAsia X is set to wrap up, with less than a week to go before the group is finally divested from parent company Capital A. The newly-enlarged group will have plenty on its plate to work on, including in fleet and network.