Analysis – Page 31
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: What makes a focus city for Delta?
Delta Air Lines is unique among the US network carriers in operating "focus cities" separate from its connecting hubs across the country.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Will others follow United's embrace of biofuels?
United Airlines wants to be the commercial aviation leader on sustainability, from expanding the use of biofuels to various onboard initiatives.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: SriLankan prepares to rebuild
Before the country was plunged into crisis by the Easter Sunday attacks, Sri Lanka's flag carrier completed work on a new five-year plan for submission to its government shareholder. The plan already appeared unlikely to command immediate political attention, in an election year, and will now of course lie further ...
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Airline BusinessPutting numbers on the legacies of airline leaders
With airline leaders gathering in Seoul for the IATA AGM, we use Cirium’s Fleets Analyzer and schedules data to measure the legacies of the chief executives who have left their roles in the past 12 months. The AGM takes place in South Korea just weeks after the death of long-serving Korean Air chairman and chief executive Cho Yang-ho
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: More carriers set to enter Korea’s crowded skies
By the end of 2020, South Korea could legitimately claim that it has one of the highest concentrations of low-cost carriers in the world, with three new players cleared to enter the market.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Air NZ opts for flexibility with 787-10s
Flexibility was key in Air New Zealand’s decision to pick the Boeing 787-10 over the Airbus A350 and 777-X series to replace its eight 777-200ERs.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: How racing legend Lauda disrupted the airline industry
Austrian motorsport star Niki Lauda, who has died aged 70, will be remembered with the aviation industry not just for his racing achievements but also for the airlines that bore his name and sought, over several tempestuous decades, to challenge the dominance of his nation's flag carrier and ultimately Lufthansa ...
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Low-cost model suffers long-haul growing pains
Few sectors have generated as many headlines in recent years than the attempts to transfer the low-cost carrier model to long-haul markets.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Onex aims for WestJet growth
The purchase of WestJet led by Onex Partners for C$5 billion ($3.7 billion) is an opportunity to continue the airline’s transition into a global carrier following the private equity firm’s years of attempts to increase its aviation focus.
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ANALYSIS: Global uncertainty leaves its mark on air cargo demand
Airlines across the world are experiencing what they hope will prove to be a minor diversion from the positive air-cargo demand trend seen over the past three years.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Will prince charming deliver Thai’s upgrade plan?
Thai Airways International has renewed its effort to obtain permission to buy new aircraft and has even beefed up its hoped-for order.
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ANALYSIS: JetBlue's possible avenues to London slots
When he outlined his carrier's plans to starting serving London from New York and Boston in 2021, at the UK Aviation Club in April, JetBlue chief executive Robin Hayes seemed entirely unfazed by the prospect of securing the necessary slots.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Asia-Pacific April 2019 deliveries report
Asia-Pacific airlines received 49 of the 106 new aircraft delivered in April 2019, followed by European carriers with 21 deliveries and North American carriers with 19.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Has Baltimore/Washington's international push paid off?
Baltimore/Washington International airport has invested millions in expanding its capabilities to handle passengers from around the globe, expanding its international arrivals facilities twice in the past four years.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Alitalia's two years in administrative limbo
Two years on from Alitalia's filing for administration, the fate of the Italian flag carrier still hangs in the balance.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Low-cost carriers vie for dominance at Vienna
At the beginning of 2018, Vienna International airport could count itself among a select group of European hubs that had remained largely unaffected by the low-cost carriers' onward march.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: What guides US carriers' widebody premium decisions?
There is a premium revolution underway at the US network carriers. Business class seats are becoming more spacious and private, while premium economy cabin installations are moving forward rapidly with widebody fleets due for outfitting in two years.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: American's Dallas/Fort Worth margin play
American Airlines bustling Dallas/Fort Worth base is about to get a whole lot busier.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: Turkey's new Istanbul airport opens at pivotal moment
Operations began in earnest at Istanbul's new airport on 6 April, following a series of delays and a "soft" opening in October last year.
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Airline BusinessANALYSIS: March 2019 Asia-Pacific deliveries report
Asia-Pacific airlines received 53 of the 124 commercial aircraft delivered during the month of March.