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Airline BusinessHow significant are exits of Flybe and Flyr from Europe’s airline market?
The collapses in recent days of UK carrier Flybe and Norwegian operator Flyr might give the impression of a harsh operating environment for European airlines
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Airline BusinessWhy does United Airlines chief think competitors are ‘in denial’?
Having been outspoken on the path of the Covid-19 pandemic, United Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby is now suggesting his airline’s peers are misreading the industry’s route out of the crisis. “Most, or perhaps all, of our competitors will get on their [earnings] calls… and tell you [it was a] ...
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Airline BusinessAircraft shortage emerging amid ‘endemic’ delivery delays
Lessor Avolon this week joined other stakeholders in warning that a shortage of commercial aircraft is a growing theme around the world amid “endemic” delays to the delivery of new jets.
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Airline BusinessIstanbul heads European airports in 2022 passenger numbers
Istanbul airport handled 64.5 million passengers in 2022, making it the busiest in Europe last year, while airports elsewhere in the region have reported doubling or tripling of passenger figures.
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Airline BusinessAircraft maintenance delays threaten to become 2023 theme
Kenya Airways this week became the latest airline to bemoan the impact of MRO delays on its ability to operate a full schedule – a global trend that could weigh on airline capacity in 2023.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: January 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 BusinessMarket response shows China travel return will not be straightforward
China’s imminent lifting of the requirement for arriving passengers to quarantine may remove the biggest remaining outlier in terms of Covid travel restrictions, but the muted response from international governments and airlines is a reminder that a return to normality will not be immediate.
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Airline BusinessWhich airlines welcomed new aircraft types into their fleets during 2022?
A selection of the aircraft deliveries over the past 12 months that saw airlines welcome new types or variants into their fleets
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Airline BusinessTwo Asia-Pacific airline launches that did not materialise in 2022
In a year filled with high-profile airline launches in the Asia-Pacific, two promising new airlines remained grounded – at least for now.
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Airline BusinessTracking a strong end to 2022
The first set of data from The Airline Business 38 reflects the strong recovery being seen in markets around the world.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business performance tracker: rest of world Q3 2022
Key data from the most-recent earnings period – the fourth quarter of 2022 – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
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Airline BusinessCan airline industry expect smoother summer next year?
It seemed the cruellest of ironies for an embattled airline industry that having waited two years for the travel-demand taps to be turned back on, the rush of customers sometimes proved too much for airport ecosystems to handle, with people once again unable to travel.
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Airline BusinessUS airlines strive to solve pilot shortage crisis
While the USA has been grappling with a severe flightcrew shortage since before the coronavirus crisis, other regions too will be facing a dearth of candidates to fill their cockpits in the coming years. The global pilot shortage could make itself felt as early as 2023.
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Airline BusinessAfter all the hype, has the air cargo boom gone away?
The air cargo boom seen in 2021 was always likely to make subsequent years appear weak by comparison.
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Airline BusinessCan the airline industry convince sceptics that it is a friend of the environment?
While there was relief among airlines in October when ICAO adopted a long-term aspirational goal (LTAG) of net-zero carbon emissions from air transport by 2050, the deal concurrently upped the ante for everyone involved.
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Airline BusinessWill airlines defy traditional headwinds to prosper in 2023?
Airlines planning for the year ahead must balance the seeming paradox of continued strong demand and robust pricing with conventional wisdom on what happens to air travel when economic growth goes down and costs go up.
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Airline BusinessUnited places another bumper order under ambitious Kirby
United Airlines’ huge order for Boeing aircraft this week is another statement of intent from the carrier under the leadership of Scott Kirby.
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Airline BusinessIATA’s airline profit forecast comes with downside risks
When global airline association IATA held its first in-person Global Media Day for three years this week, it was able to offer more good news on the industry’s progress out of the Covid-19 crisis.
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Airline BusinessRazor-thin airline industry profit projection for 2023 reflects complex web of factors
It is not for nothing that IATA director general Willie Walsh described the challenges faced by airlines going into 2023 as “complex”.
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Airline BusinessAirline consolidation comes to the fore in Asia-Pacific
While a consolidation of its various airline interests has been in the works for Tata Sons ever since it acquired Air India in January, confirmation this week of plans to merge Vistara into an enlarged grouping illustrates the scope of ambition for the revamped carrier.