All Airline Business articles – Page 14
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Airline BusinessAmerican still expects profitable year despite weak domestic leisure demand
Demand for domestic leisure travel in the USA has stabilised at a level lower than what American Airlines expected at the beginning of the year, though it remains hopeful that it can turn a profit in 2025.
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Airline Business‘Highly underserved’: IndiGo pushes ahead to grow international network
IndiGo will continue to prioritise international expansion in the near-term, as the Indian low-cost operator targets a significant capacity increase over the next five years.
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Airline BusinessWhat does ‘Open Skies’ expansion mean for Southwest’s international designs?
Southwest Airlines has been granted permission to operate flights to “all countries” with which the USA shares Open Skies agreements. But that does not mean a major international expansion is imminent.
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Airline BusinessQatar Airways details latest investments after profitable year and big Boeing order
Qatar Airways Group outlined the value of its two most recent airline investments – in Virgin Australia and Airlink – as it unveiled its latest full-year earnings,
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Airline BusinessQ1 2025 performance report for benchmark North American airlines
Complete fist-quarter earnings reports from Airline Business’ benchmark North American airlines show the region’s carriers swinging to an operating profit year on year, while net losses narrowed.
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Airline BusinessInterCaribbean plots growth beyond island-hopping operations: CEO Trevor Sadler
The carrier is planning to use an incoming fleet of Embraer 170 regional jets to introduce new routes to Central America, North America and South America.
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Airline BusinessRyanair seeing fare recovery as it heads towards crucial summer peak
Ryanair’s latest earnings reflect an airline that continues to create formidable competition for the region’s other operators.
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Airline BusinessNorse chief Larsen preaches simplicity of low-cost long-haul business model
Focusing on the simple premise of flying large aircraft between major cities, Bjorn Larsen says, Norse is in it for the long haul.
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Airline BusinessWeek 21 2025: Earnings season winds down, but economic volatility looms large
The earnings season for the January-March quarter is drawing to a close, with this week seeing at least two low-cost operators report their financial results.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 10-16 May 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessAmid tariff turmoil, Japanese majors cautiously optimistic as profitability streak continues
ANA Holdings and Japan Airlines benefitted from strong inbound travel demand to remain profitable. Still, they were mindful about any likely impact from the Trump administration’s tariff policies.
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Airline BusinessWith headwinds looming, an unfazed SIA Group touts beefed-up defences
While SIA Group will be monitoring the longer-term impact of the US government’s tariff policies, it is unfazed by the uncertainty, noting that it is “well-positioned” to deal with it, and other long-standing challenges facing the airline sector.
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Airline BusinessGol rides surging international capacity to strong Q1
Gol is the latest Latin American carrier to report a strong first quarter as the region increasingly appears insulated from North America’s economic tumult.
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Airline BusinessAzul distances itself from last year’s operational struggles amid turning fortunes
After being pummeled by poor operational and financial performances last year, Brazilian carrier Azul has rebounded significantly and is charting a growth path once again.
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Airline BusinessWhy United is bringing ‘segmentation’ to business class with its incoming Studio suites
United Airlines’ introduction of new business-class suites on incoming Boeing 787-9s mirrors a strategy that already allowed it and other major US carriers to squeeze more revenue from economy class cabins.
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Airline BusinessCanadian carriers respond to US market weakness
The past few weeks have seen operators including Air Canada and WestJet respond to weakness in US markets in particular, as tensions between their home country and the Trump Administration play out.
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Airline BusinessFull-year 2024 report for benchmark global airlines
The global airline industry fell short of its 2023 profitability performance in 2024, according to aggregate earnings from Airline Business’s benchmark carriers/groups, although its fortunes improved over the second half of the year.
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Airline BusinessWeek 20 2025: JetBlue-United tie-up, earnings from Brazil and Singapore
The coming week might bring some news on the shape of any tie-up between JetBlue Airways and United Airlines, with the latter holding an event in Boston on Tuesday.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 3-9 May 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessConfident IAG reassures on transatlantic as it orders dozens of widebodies
If IAG is the best bellwether for the state of transatlantic air travel, then it just delivered a reassuring assessment of what lies ahead.