All articles by Lewis Harper
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Airline BusinessIcelandair takes heart from trends in early 2026 after another tough year
After a tricky emergence from the Covid-19 crisis, Icelandair has reasons to believe that 2026 could be the year when it makes it back into the black.
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NewsLabour negotiations key as Icelandair seeks to improve on full-year loss
Icelandair Group is keen to secure new collective agreements with key employees, after a loss-making 2025 in which the weaker US dollar against the Icelandic krona weighed on its profitability while exacerbating concerns about salary trends in its home country.
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Airline BusinessWhy Emirates is adding an A350 service to Gatwick as it eyes further UK growth
Emirates will begin operating a fourth daily flight to Gatwick airport, bringing its Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered Airbus A350-900 jets to the West Sussex facility for the first time.
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NewsAir India orders more Max jets and converts 15 A321neos to XLRs
Air India has topped up its 737 Max orders with Boeing and opted to convert some of its Airbus A321neo orders into the XLR variant as it continues on its transformation journey under Tata Group ownership.
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Airline BusinessWizz happy to deliver ‘benign’ earnings report as it rolls out revised strategy
After a turbulent few years at Wizz Air, executives were able to delivery a reassuringly straightforward report on the business’s October-December performance and the outlook for 2026.
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NewsWizz clarifies US rights request is for World Cup and not scheduled services
European low-cost carrier Wizz Air has explained that it has no plans to operate scheduled services to the USA and that a recent request for rights to fly to the country is based on an opportunity to operate charter flights for the football World Cup.
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Airline BusinessRyanair reflects on reliably robust earnings and positive outlook
The outlook provided by Ryanair during its 26 January third-quarter earnings briefing was likely reassuring for watchers of the European airline sector
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Airline BusinessWeek 4 2026: Will positive outlooks abound as European and US earnings ramp up?
Ryanair this week became the first major European carrier to report its October-December earnings and its outlook for 2026, providing an upbeat assessment on what lies ahead.
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Airline BusinessIndiGo seeks to move on from challenging 2025
If IndiGo thought it had a clear path to fulfilling its growth ambitions, 2025 provided it with a series of reminders that the airline industry is not for the faint-hearted.
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NewsIndiGo counts cost of ‘falling short of standards’ in December meltdown
IndiGo’s operational meltdown in December was among several exceptional items weighing on the low-cost carrier’s financial performance during its fiscal third quarter.
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Airline BusinessWeek 2 2026: Delta kicks off earnings season as Allegiant moves for Sun Country
The fourth-quarter earnings season kicks off this week with Delta Air Lines having plenty to talk about on its Tuesday earnings call, including a fresh M&A development in the USA
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Airline BusinessHow TUI Airline is seeking to leverage unified and commercialised operation
TUI Airline is moving on from the task of consolidating its airline units to focusing on tackling some of the fresh competitive dynamics and opportunities that exist in Europe today.
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Airline BusinessWeek 1 2026: What does the coming year have in store for airlines?
While there are likely to be surprises along the way, it is already possible to cite numerous airline themes to watch out for in 2026.
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Airline BusinessWeek 52 2025: Another Turkish consolidation move amid busy end to year
The recent news that Pegasus would be buying Czech operator Smartwings was a surprise development, given Israir and then LOT Polish Airlines were said to be in the driving seat for such a deal.
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Airline BusinessQ3 2025 performance report for benchmark global airlines
Full third-quarter 2025 data for Airline Business’s benchmark global carriers leaves it in the balance as to whether the industry will beat 2024’s full-year profitability performance after a mixed July-September period.
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Airline BusinessIs the airline industry’s new-found ‘resilience’ actually just peak premium demand?
It might be the case that strong demand for the expensive seats among travel-hungry leisure passengers is a structural change in the post-Covid era. But there are clear risks in going all-in on that assumption
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Airline BusinessWhy IATA chief Walsh has engine-makers and their profits in his sights
It was on a key post-Covid topic that the association’s director general was most outspoken: aerospace supply-chain challenges.
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NewsSunExpress chief to lead Eurowings as Bischof steps down
SunExpress chief executive Max Kownatzki will leave to take up the same position at Eurowings, with Marcus Schnabel becoming the new chief of the Turkish Airlines-Lufthansa Group joint venture.
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Airline BusinessHow Saudia is transforming its business while growing to meet tourism demand
Commercial chief Arved von zur Muehlen outlines moves to transform the legacy carrier in tandem with the opening up of the kingdom to tourists
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NewsTrillion-dollar airline industry set for record-high profits in 2026: IATA
IATA expects the global airline industry to achieve its highest-ever profits in 2026, with European carriers having overtaken North American operators as the biggest contributors to the total.