All articles by Lewis Harper – Page 3
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NewsBA chief reassures on transatlantic after negative market response to Q3 earnings
The chief executive of British Airways has stated that transatlantic yields and load factors are recovering in the fourth quarter after a tricky third quarter.
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Airline BusinessWeek 46 2025: Shutdown woes, more earnings and events bonanza
Eyes will be on the US airline market this week after last week ended with airlines having to slash flights in response to the US government shutdown.
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Airline BusinessTurkish Airlines seeks to leverage Air Europa’s Latin America presence
Turkish Airlines explained the rationale for its move to take a minority stake in Spanish operator Air Europa as it outlined its third-quarter earnings on 7 November.
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Airline BusinessAir France-KLM reflects on what might have been after ‘mixed’ summer
Air France-KLM faced a series of headwinds during the third quarter, in a three months that could have looked better on paper given the favourable comparisons provided by the negative demand impact of the Paris Olympics on the same period of 2024.
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NewsLeadership seeks ‘right model’ for KLM as Schiphol charges bite
The recent increases in the amount Schiphol airport charges airlines to use its facilities has prompted Air France-KLM to review its Dutch mainline unit’s operating model.
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Airline BusinessLufthansa Group gets operations in order as attention turns to efficiencies
Chief executive Carsten Spohr explains in an earnings call that the group has overcome the operational challenges that had weighed on the performance of its passenger airlines business in the post-Covid period.
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Airline BusinessRyanair ‘hard to fault’ after successful summer
Its latest earnings reflect an airline that can overcome challenges, respond quickly to market dynamics and act on opportunities.
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NewsSouthwest sees ’positive demand inflection’ enduring into fourth quarter
Improvements in the demand environment observed by Southwest Airlines in July continued through the rest of the third quarter and into the last three months of the year, allaying fears that market weakness would endure.
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NewsNat Pieper to step down as Oneworld chief and join American as CCO
Nat Pieper will leave has role as chief executive of the Oneworld alliance and become chief commercial officer at member carrier American Airlines, filling a role that has been vacant for more than a year.
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Airline BusinessStruggling Icelandair bidding to end ‘unsustainable losses’ in 2026
After Norwegian kicked off the third-quarter earnings season in Europe with an upbeat assessment of its fortunes, Icelandair Group offered an abrupt change in vibes during its call a day later.
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NewsIcelandair brings forward 767 retirement to 2026 amid ‘unsustainable losses’
Icelandair will end widebody operations in 2026, after bringing forward the timeline for phasing out its Boeing 767-300ER twinjets by several years.
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Airline Business‘Program X’ already delivering for Norwegian as Q3 earnings improve
Norwegian kicked off the third-quarter earnings season in Europe by setting a high bar for performance as the Scandinavian low-cost carrier enjoys the fruits of its post-Covid reinvention efforts.
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NewsBoeing ‘really delivering aircraft these days’: Norwegian chief
Norwegian chief executive Geir Karlsen is continuing to see improvements in the quality of service the Scandinavian carrier is receiving from Boeing as it adds more 737 Max 8s to its fleet
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Airline BusinessWeek 43 2025: Earnings ramp up as industry gathers for ALTA and IATA events
The third-quarter earnings season ramps up this week as the first European carriers discuss their performances during the crucial July-September quarter, which tends to weigh heavily on full-year metrics for carriers in the Northern Hemisphere.
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NewsAir Serbia to wet-lease Air Baltic A220s as it considers future fleet options
Air Serbia has signed a two-year agreement for Air Baltic to operate Airbus A220-300s on its behalf in an expansion of an existing relationship between the carriers.
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NewsAbra Group boosts order book with A330neo and A320neo commitments
Avianca and Gol parent Abra Group has announced commitments for seven Airbus A330neo jets and 50 more A320neos as it expands it order book.
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Airline BusinessWhy might EasyJet be an acquisition target?
News reports on 14 October linking shipping giant MSC to a bid for EasyJet have ignited a debate about the UK carrier’s future – and that of the low-cost sector in Europe.
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NewsSupply-chain delays adding $11bn to airline costs this year: IATA
A study carried out by IATA and consulting firm Oliver Wyman estimates that aerospace supply-chain issues are costing the global airline industry more than $11 billion this year.
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NewsVirgin Atlantic operating chief Koster to replace Weiss as CEO
Virgin Atlantic chief executive Shai Weiss will stand down on 31 December 2025 after seven years leading the UK carrier, to be replaced by chief customer and operating officer Corneel Koster.
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NewsRiyadh Air to launch Heathrow flights with restricted ticket sales
Saudi start-up Riyadh Air will commence flights on 26 October using its “technical spare” Boeing 787-9 twinjet for daily services to London Heathrow, although tickets will not be on general sale for now. Riyadh Air says the flights will “initially be on sale to select groups and [airline] employees” and ...