While its two largest competitors were knocked on to the back foot in financial terms during the first quarter of this year, IAG enjoyed a much more straightforward three months.
The airline industry must not be tempted to undo its achievements so far on workforce diversity and the huge net-zero challenge by embracing the regressive policies favoured by politicians who might soon hold the balance of power in some geographies
The industry has been employing more women in the C-suite for some time now, but new data hints at the pace of change quickening after years of glacial progress, with positive steps continuing into the first few months of 2024
As traffic returns to pre-Covid levels, more airlines will discover that inconvenient market fundamentals still apply
In the vogue and vital space of sustainable aviation, confidence has found a mighty tailwind.
Strong order activity in recent years and continued constraints in aircraft supply mean leading aircraft lessors are likely to become even more prominent players in sourcing the airline global fleet
As leading ultra-low-cost carriers in the USA embark on wholesale network changes in response to shifting market dynamics, one smaller airline is sticking to its guns.
Now at liberty to talk freely about the defunct deal with JetBlue, Spirit Airlines’ chief executive Ted Christie alleges that the US airline system is “rigged” against smaller carriers.
Southwest Airlines is exploring changes to its single-class cabin, potentially signalling an eventual departure from the carrier’s signature system of no assigned seating.
IndiGo’s recently announced firm order for 30 Airbus A350-900s and 70 options marks the latest headline-grabbing move from an airline that is keen to make use of its unusually solid foundations in India’s often unforgiving airline market.
IATA’s latest monthly data on passenger demand continues to show mostly double-digit year-on-year rises in traffic and capacity, reflecting an industry that still spent much of 2023 playing catch-up with pre-Covid levels, particularly in international markets.
Global airline traffic among the IATA membership in February exceeded pre-Covid levels for the first time since the pandemic, aided by the leap year adding an extra day to the month.
While its two largest competitors were knocked on to the back foot in financial terms during the first quarter of this year, IAG enjoyed a much more straightforward three months.
While much of the attention of Wizz Air’s eye-catching investment in a UK firm with ambitions to turn human waste into a biofuel was on the unlikely source of the feedstock, more significant perhaps is the low-cost carrier’s increased interest in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
While Lufthansa Group put much of the focus on strike disruption for the trebling of first quarter losses and a reduced profit outlook for the year, it is almost mindful of the cost implications related to the new pay deals it took to end the disputes.
Positive momentum for air cargo demand continued in March as it became the fourth consecutive month of double-digit year-on-year growth
After launching domestic service in Colombia last month, JetSmart chief executive Estuardo Ortiz is already marching toward his next conquest – Argentina – with the goal of taking advantage of seismic economic and regulatory changes.
Brazil’s airlines are continuing to navigate tough market conditions, but there are signs that the government is listening to their concerns and may be about to offer at least $1.2 billion in new credit lines amid rising capital costs in the country.