All Airline Business articles – Page 25
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Airline BusinessEspen Hoiby back rebuilding crew resource firm but with eye on electric future
OSM Aviation built a pioneering crew resourcing model only for the pandemic to decimate the airline sector. Now rebranded as AAP, its founder is back at the helm and plotting not just a swift rebuidling of the business, but an opportunity for further disruption to traditional models with the arrival of electric aircraft
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Airline BusinessEasyJet and others act to ensure ‘operational resilience’
EasyJet’s announcement this week that it would be removing six seats from its Airbus A319 jets might seem counterintuitive for a low-cost carrier, but it reflects creative thinking as the sector tackles a troublesome staffing shortage.
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Airline BusinessWillie Walsh on the airline sector’s route to recovery and a sustainable future
A year since taking the helm at IATA, the former IAG chief is keeping the pressure on regulators and suppliers not to derail airlines’ journeys out of the depths of the pandemic and on to profitability, while supporting the industry’s move to the front foot in tackling its environmental challenges
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: May 2022 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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Airline BusinessThe sustainability chiefs leading the airline industry’s net-zero charge
With sustainability established as a top-tier priority for swathes of the commercial aviation sector, dedicated executives at carriers around the world are taking the lead on the topic
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Airline BusinessRyanair’s director of sustainability on SAF, Max, offsets and ensuring ‘the polluter pays’
European low-cost giant Ryanair has not always been known for its commitment to environment issues, but group chief executive Michael O’Leary’s conversion to the cause in recent years has come alongside an effort to put sustainability at the forefront of its strategy.
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Airline BusinessLATAM Airlines Group’s sustainability chief on targets, collaboration and SAF progress
When your airline group is based in a region that has natural resources sometimes described as the “lungs of the world”, the imperative to act on climate change is keenly felt.
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Airline BusinessFinnair sustainability chief on why airline's action on climate-change is 'in our DNA'
The Finnish flag carrier has openly discussed sustainability for longer than many of its peers – and plans to reach net-zero CO2 emissions a full five years ahead of the global industry, in 2045.
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Airline BusinessHas the golden age of Chinese air travel come to an end?
For three decades it has been an article of faith that China is the future of the world’s airline and aviation businesses, but trends suggest a darker path ahead.
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Airline BusinessEmirates at epicentre of airframer widebody woes
For Emirates Airline, being a key driver of new and existing widebody programmes has long been a double-edged sword, with recent issues at airframers leaving it particularly vulnerable to several unfavourable developments.
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Airline BusinessWhy sparks are flying over airport charges post-pandemic
While airlines and airports found common ground during the pandemic in pressing for the lifting of restrictions, the fractious debate over future pricing at Heathrow underlines the wider financing challenges ahead for an industry on its heels from two years of losses but with a long-term capacity crunch still on the horizon
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Airline BusinessIcelandair chief on Covid recovery, Max jets, 757s, cargo and competition
With the group restructured during the pandemic, Icelandair under Bogi Nils Bogason is emerging as a streamlined, aviation-focused business with a decision ahead on its future fleet
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Airline BusinessIsolation from West creates long list of challenges for Russian airlines
Russia’s airline industry is continuing to adjust to the impact of its home country’s invasion of Ukraine, with this week seeing more developments that suggest it will be fundamentally changed for the foreseeable future.
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Airline BusinessAirAsia’s aviation boss gears up for post-pandemic growth
As Southeast Asian governments steadily remove barriers to travel, AirAsia is firmly back in expansion mode.
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Airline BusinessOn first anniversary, Avelo embarks on Orlando expansion as CEO eyes more growth
Exactly one year after its launch, Avelo Airlines has embarked on major expansion, disclosing plans to establish a base at Orlando, add Wilmington (North Carolina) its network and launch several new routes.
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Airline Business2020, again? Resurgent Covid-19 hammers Chinese carriers
China’s domestic air travel market has fallen off a cliff, as the country’s strict zero-infection policy clashes with a fresh wave of coronvirus infections.
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Airline BusinessAirline sustainability announcements highlight limited scope for action today
The flurry of airline sustainability announcements this week reflects both the industry’s desire for progress on the issue and the limited scope for achieving positive steps in today’s world – beyond well-established levers such as buying current-generation aircraft and optimising flight paths.
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Airline BusinessUnited hopes to be ‘solidly profitable’ in Q2 as it posts $1.4bn loss in Q1
United Airlines expects to be “solidly profitable” during the second quarter of the year, even as it posts a loss for the first.
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Airline BusinessAirlines warming to summer demand trend amid cloudy fundamentals
The past week has seen a growing list of airlines offer optimistic outlooks for the coming summer season, despite a lengthy list of challenges faced by the industry – although one chief executive bucked the trend, calling on airlines to “get real” as he outlined a less-than-rosy take on future demand fundamentals.
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Airline BusinessSpohr sees CO2 savings argument key to Single European Sky breakthrough
Lufthansa Group chief executive and this year’s Airlines for Europe (A4E) chair, Carsten Spohr, believes the industry needs to focus on the potential CO2 savings in pressing European governments for air traffic management reform.