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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 2-8 August 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessCopa strengthens position in Central America with another profitable quarter
Copa Holdings continues to shine as a stable profit-maker among Latin American airline companies, which chief executive Pedro Heilbron attributes partially to being in the right place.
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Airline BusinessCathay reaffirms dual-brand strategy despite HK Express losses
Cathay Pacific Group has reiterated its commitment to its dual-brand strategy despite low-cost unit HK Express posting a HK$524 million loss in the first half of 2024, citing ‘short-term’ challenges including Japan travel disruption.
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Airline BusinessRelatively soft demand, interest expenses chew into Avianca’s Q2
Avianca’s executives are watching two markets that are turning in weaker-than-expected performances – Mexico and Central America.
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Airline Business‘Stop doing things that lose money’: Frontier CEO Biffle on industry-wide capacity cuts
Frontier Airlines reports $70 million second-quarter loss as CEO Barry Biffle asserts that all US carriers are losing money on domestic operations, with only international segments keeping some airlines profitable.
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Airline BusinessAllegiant’s profits dip along with demand for leisure travel in USA
The ultra-low-cost carrier based in Las Vegas did not escape the effects of sagging demand for low-cost seats to leisure destinations, despite taking on a handful of new, more-efficient Boeing 737 Max aircraft and making greater use of its existing jets.
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Airline BusinessA year and two airline exits later, are Kuala Lumpur’s plans to revive Subang airport in flux?
Malaysia’s plans to rejuvenate Kuala Lumpur’s Subang airport hit a snag after a second domestic operator exited jet operations from the city airport, but there are some silver linings for the facility.
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Airline BusinessWeek 32 2025: US discounters, Latin American carriers' earnings in spotlight
With most major carriers having reported second-quarter results at the tail end of earnings season, there is still intrigue in the week ahead – namely, the financial performances of a pair of US discounters and two Latin American flag carriers.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 26 July-1 August 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessSun Country’s home turf becoming ‘two airline market’ in competition versus Delta
The low-cost carrier has observed Southwest Airlines, Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines all “pull back from the Minneapolis market”, says CEO Jude Bricker.
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Airline BusinessPremium demand helps IAG continue run of strong earnings
IAG’s latest quarterly earnings continue the story of a group that is riding high despite geopolitical headwinds in its key transatlantic markets.
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Airline Business‘Cautious’ consumers, peso devaluation weigh on Aeromexico and VivaAerobus
For both Mexican carriers, second-quarter revenue was down significantly year-on-year despite higher passenger capacity.
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Airline BusinessAir France-KLM lauds impact of ‘premiumisation’ effort
Air France-KLM described its second-quarter 2025 earnings as ‘solid’ as it reaped the benefits of higher demand and yields in long-haul – and particularly premium – cabins but also grappled with challenges at two of its airline units.
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Airline BusinessLufthansa Group insists ‘year of transition’ on track despite transatlantic softness
Lufthansa Group insists it is on track with its “year of transition” amid a “positive” summer, particularly in premium cabins, despite softness playing out in its key transatlantic markets.
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Airline BusinessIndiGo overcomes ‘cascading external headwinds’ to continue on growth path
When IndiGo was planning for the April-June quarter, its hosting of the IATA AGM in Delhi in early June was meant to be the headline story, reflecting its growing maturity in one of the world’s big aviation growth markets. But outside factors had other plans, amid what chief executive Pieter ...
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Airline BusinessTariff fears subside as Japanese majors improve first-quarter profits
Concern over the adverse impact of the US government’s trade posture have largely proved to be unfounded – but not completely gone – for Japan’s two largest carriers, as they continued to reap the benefits of strong travel demand.
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Airline BusinessGrowth back in sight for JetBlue as profit hunting continues
US carrier expects fewer aircraft groundings and projects single-digit capacity growth through decade’s end as part of financial turnaround strategy.
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Airline BusinessBuoyant LATAM Airlines Group seeks more capacity as demand proves resilient
While trade tensions and concerns over travel restrictions look like an uninviting backdrop for airlines in Latin America, the region’s biggest operator has just provided some reassurances that travel demand and earnings are holding up.
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Airline Business‘Not business as usual’: Air Canada’s US market lagging amid broadly strong international demand
Canadian carrier reports 55% year-on-year profit decline as US market lags, though international routes are performing well despite economic headwinds
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Airline BusinessSIA Group stresses ‘vigilant’ approach as profits fall amid ‘volatile’ operating environment
Singapore Airlines Group has asserted that it is “well-positioned” to take on a raft of near-term challenges, even as its quarterly profit took a hit from what it called an increasingly “volatile” operating environment.