Airline news digest: 19-25 April 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
Alaska unfazed by domestic swoon amid premium and international expansion plans
Alaska Air Group is among several US airlines to observe eroding demand for domestic seats while maintaining robust premium and international segments.
Economic outlook prompts Southwest to trim already-reduced schedule
Bob Jordan, chief executive of Southwest Airlines, maintained during the company’s first-quarter earnings call that the transformational changes underway at Southwest will make it resilient during lean times.
Uncertainty rules as American is latest US carrier to report domestic weakness
When American Airlines executives discussed the operator’s first-quarter 2025 earnings on 24 April there was one word that kept being repeated over and over in the context of the US economy: uncertainty.
Q4 2024 report for benchmark Latin American airlines
Full fourth-quarter results from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in the Latin America region show them recording lower profitability year on year in US dollar terms, as currency issues in particular weighed on the aggregate data.
Week 17 2025: Potential recession weighs on US outlook
This week is a busy one for US airline earnings, with three of the biggest players set to outline their performances for the January-March period – and their outlooks amid the uncertainties created by the policies of the Donald Trump administration
Moving on from supply chain ‘headwinds’, Malaysia Airlines eyes premium opportunity
As it reported a third consecutive year of profitability, the parent of Malaysia Airlines is looking to balance its growth ambitions with “a future of stability”.
Airline news digest: 12-18 April 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
Economic pressure comes as Spirit and other ULCCs already feeling squeezed
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 report for benchmark Asia-Pacific airlines
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
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