Week 9 2025: Profitability comes to head with supply chain pressures
Asia Pacific operators still remained profitable in their latest financial results, but airlines are increasingly warning of the frustrations from challenges in supply chains and competition.
Week 8 2025: ‘Still premature’ to forecast impact of potential Trump tariffs
While signs suggest healthy demand for air travel worldwide leading into the Northern Hemisphere summer travel season, geopolitical tensions represent a major unknown for airlines in the year ahead.
Week 7 2025: Latin American and European carriers report latest earnings
With the US airline earnings season nearing its conclusion following Frontier Airlines’ release on Friday, attention turns to Canada, Latin America and Europe this week.
Week 6 2025: Corners turned and yet unturned, as earnings season rolls on
The earnings season in the USA, which saw a mixed picture emerge, was interrupted by the country’s worst airline disaster in 16 years. Elsewhere, European carriers Wizz and Icelandair mark the end of a prolonged period of challenges
Week 5 2025: Looking for profitable performances beyond top US carriers
Worth watching this week will be the latest financial positions of US discounters, many of which have been overhauling their business strategies
Week 4 2025: Earnings season in full swing after consolidation moves
This week is a busy one for airline earnings, as US carriers including Alaska Air Group, American Airlines, JetBlue Airways and United Airlines join EasyJet and IndiGo in outlining their performances in their latest quarters – and for the full calendar year in some cases
Week 3 2025: Leasing community gathers in Dublin with reasons to be cheerful
The global leasing community has gathered in Dublin this week for the latest Growth Frontiers Global event, where discussion is bound to focus on supply-chain challenges and aircraft delivery delays, alongside consolidation in the sector
Week 2 2025: Q4 earnings season begins as crash investigations continue
This week will see Delta Air Lines kick off the fourth-quarter earnings season as it outlines its October-December and full-year performance on 10 January.
Week 52 2024 and Week 1 2025: What next for the airline industry?
As a turbulent year of elections and geopolitical tensions around the world comes to an end, the airline industry can look into 2025 with cautious optimism.
Week 51 2024: Will airline consolidation get easier?
If there were points at which 2024 looked to be a hostile year for airline M&A activity, it does not look that way as the year draws to a close.
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