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Airline BusinessAirline Business Rankings: How airline top order has re-established after Covid
For all the talk of coming out of Covid differently, now that the industry has all but returned to the point it was at when the pandemic hit, the list of leading players has a familiar feel to it.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Rankings: 2023 – the year traffic caught back up
Leading global airline groups all but caught up with 2019 traffic and capacity last year, even if it remains a mixed picture across different operators and regions
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Rankings: Strong financial return for leading airlines in 2023
The latest Airline Business Rankings show that profitability among the top 100 operators reached highs beyond 2019 levels off the back of record revenues, but that carriers now find themselves at very different points of the recovery cycle
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Airline BusinessWeek 41 2024: Will Spirit enter restructuring?
US low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines will be in the spotlight this week after stories last week suggested it might be on the verge of a bankruptcy filing
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 28 September - 4 October 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessDoes improving air cargo performance indicate stucturally higher yields?
A tough 2023 for the air cargo sector led many stakeholders to predict another difficult year in 2024, but as the peak season approaches, this year appears to be turning out better than expected.
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Airline BusinessSouthwest counts on new red-eye flights and faster turns amid aircraft shortage
A host of customer-facing changes coming to Southwest Airlines are aimed at capturing more revenue from air travellers willing to pay premium prices for upgrades.
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Airline BusinessWhy new Finnair chief Kuusisto is focusing on the customer experience
Finnair might have overcome an existential double-crisis in recent years, but that does not mean the job is done
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Airline BusinessQatar’s Virgin Australia deal a litmus test for Canberra’s competitive appetite
The Australian airline market is set for a shake-up in the near future, after Qatar Airways announced its intention to acquire a 25% minority stake in Virgin Australia.
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Airline BusinessCommuteAir kicking tires on E170 as long-term replacement for 50-seat jets
CommuteAir’s days of flying the Embraer ERJ-145 are numbered, and a similarly sized regional jet is unlikely to break into the market this decade.
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Airline BusinessWeek 40 2024: Will lower fuel costs or ‘normalisation’ win out?
With just over a week to go until the third-quarter earnings season begins, commentary on airline fortunes reflects pressure on results from different sources
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Airline Business‘My plan’: How CEO Bob Jordan aims to revive sputtering Southwest
Southwest Airlines’ chief executive Bob Jordan has taken ownership of the unprecedented strategic shift encompassing the carrier’s fleet, network and operations.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 21-27 September 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessAirlines call for global policies and collaboration in net-zero push
IATA uses World Sustainability Symposium to argue regional differences in sustainability policies are counterproductive and that SAF production must be incentivised by governments
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Airline BusinessAirlines must keep the fundamentals in mind
Basic economics suggest fares will continue to fall in many markets while costs are unlikely to follow suit, writes CTAIRA’s Chris Tarry
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Airline BusinessWhy IATA chief economist expects ‘huge airline windfall’ from lower oil prices
Falling Brent prices and a narrower crack spread are good news for airlines, according to IATA’s Marie Owens Thomsen
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Airline BusinessSustainability will change every aspect of the airline business
It is hard to think of any area of the airline business that will be unchanged as the net-zero effort intensifies, argues airline marketing specialist Shashank Nigam
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Airline BusinessWeek 39 2024: Miami hosts IATA sustainability conference
Airline representatives from around the world – including Airline Business – will gather in Miami this week for IATA’s second World Sustainability Symposium.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 14-20 September 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessNew Hawaiian chief Sprague to oversee airline’s ‘powerful combination’ with Alaska
Longtime Alaska executive Joe Sprague has been tasked with guiding Hawaiian’s interim leadership team as the Honolulu-based carrier integrates with Alaska