As airline earnings season kicks off in earnest, industry observers believe that the discount sector is about to deliver a bunch of bad news.
Full-year 2024 data for Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Asia-Pacific shows the region’s carriers essentially matching 2023’s operating profit and falling slightly short at a net level, in a year that started and ended with improved quarterly results
United Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby is taking another victory lap, this time attributing the carrier’s profitability amid softening demand to its transformation into a sector leader in brand loyalty.
Korean Air is on “enhancing profitability” in the near term amid warnings of political and economic “uncertainties”, even as it anticipates strong travel demand in the first half of this year
With Delta Air Lines last week disclosing that it expects little to no growth in 2025 and Frontier Airlines also lowering its full-year financial expectations, attention now turns to the first-quarter performance and outlook of United Airlines.