All Airline Business articles – Page 44
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Airline BusinessAir cargo grapples with plummeting rates and freighter oversupply fears
The global air cargo market is heading for a potential “winter of discontent” amid rapidly falling rates, softening demand and rising capacity.
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Airline BusinessNebraska-based start-up airline Red Way plans to ‘crawl, walk, run’: CEO
Red Way is betting that its model will revitalise air service from Lincoln and prove itself worth replicating in other parts of the USA.
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Airline BusinessHow agile Air Serbia is finding a profitable growth path
When it comes to examples of airlines exiting the Covid-19 crisis as bigger, more confident operations, Air Serbia is a compelling case, even as it grapples with the capacity constraints that are being felt across the industry.
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Airline BusinessSpohr sees Lufthansa ready to leave operational buffer behind in 2024
Lufthansa will step up productivity and efficiency levels next year after a focus on stabilising operations this summer amid continued industry capacity challenges.
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Airline BusinessUS pent-up demand shifts to long-haul at expense of domestic
A curious consequence of the Covid-19 recovery has become apparent during the current earnings season, as domestic-focused US carriers report a stronger-than-expected shift in pent-up demand towards international, long-haul flying.
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Airline BusinessHow Flyadeal set early pace in Saudi growth story
While the arrival of new entrants is grabbing headlines this year as part of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious plans to create a new global aviation hub and triple passenger numbers by 2030, growth has been part of the story since day one for Flyadeal and its chief executive Con Korfiatis.
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Airline BusinessBritish Airways ‘mid-way through’ business transformation: Doyle
British Airways is halfway through a transformation of the business under the leadership of Sean Doyle, focused on building the brand’s ‘premium’ reputation, improving engagement with employees and increasing the resilience of the technology that underpins operations.
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Airline BusinessChallenges remain despite Air France-KLM's steady post-pandemic progress
While there remain plenty of pressures and potential pitfalls ahead, a doubling of profits in the second quarter underlined the steady progress Air France-KLM is making in its recovery out of the pandemic.
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Airline BusinessWhy some airlines are relieved to be flying older aircraft
A notable dynamic of the current aircraft maintenance and reliability issues being experienced by carriers around the world is that the problems have been more acute among the latest-generation technologies.
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Airline BusinessWhy Etihad is bringing Airbus A380s back online
While the move by Etihad Airways to return the Airbus A380 into service for the first time since the pandemic is primarily a way of increasing its capacity options, it also marks a step towards the renewed growth ambitions of the Middle East carrier.
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards recipients reflect resurgent industry
The Airline Strategy Awards, which were held in London on the evening of 16 July, came with the global industry at a point where traffic and capacity are about to reach parity with 2019 levels after a painful few years for most carriers.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: July 2023 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 Airline Strategy Awards 2023: winning stories
Alaska Airlines’ Ben Minicucci, Pegasus’ Guliz Ozturk and Singapore Airlines’ Goh Choon Phong were among those recognised at this year’s Airline Strategy Awards on 16 July in London, alongside former American Airlines chief executive Doug Parker.
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Airline BusinessEyes on winter outlook with airlines set for record-breaking Q2 earnings
The airline earnings season got under way today as Delta Air Lines announced its financials for the three months to the end of June.
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Airline Business‘At least five more years’: Capital A’s Fernandes downplays retirement rumours
Capital A chief executive Tony Fernandes will stay on with the group in the near-term, downplaying retirement talk while stressing that a succession plan is in place.
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Airline BusinessGrowing pains dominate key issues for airports
On the one hand airport leaders met in Barcelona at the end of June for the joint ACI Europe/World AGM with an air of business as usual.
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Airline BusinessGaruda chief talks partnerships, profitability and passenger experience
Irfan Setiaputra is navigating Garuda Indonesia through a post-restructuring future, where he envisages profitability, more partnerships and a better pre-, post- and inflight experience for all passengers.
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Airline BusinessAirlines need to prepare for more extreme weather events
It is noteworthy how the recent challenges have been accompanied by a rising tide of studies and reports suggesting that the world will need to brace for more extreme weather events, as a result of global warming.
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Airline BusinessHow do European airports face growth challenge?
As leaders of Europe’s airports gathered in Barcelona for their annual general meeting this week, a UK Parliamentary committee on climate change underscored the fundamental challenge the sector faces if it is to continue grow.
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Airline BusinessNew airline alliance leaders aim to deliver better customer experience
The senior management doors are revolving as the three global alliances focus on knitting together the customer experience for a largely established set of members