All Airline Business articles – Page 15
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Airline BusinessUnited chief Kirby claims victory in wrestling customers away from Southwest
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.
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Airline BusinessUnfazed by ‘uncertainties’, Korean Air talks up profitability focus as revenues improve
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
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Airline BusinessWeek 16 2025: Watching for stress-fractures in US leisure and low-cost markets
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.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 7-11 April 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessPSA Airlines chief Dion Flannery pursuing ‘well-orchestrated growth plan’
After long grappling with a sharp pilot shortage that left many of its jets grounded and its fleet underutilised, US regional carrier PSA Airlines finds itself in a different position.
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Airline BusinessDelta yet to see ‘cracks’ in core premium and international markets as growth slows
Bringing tidings of weakening demand and stalling growth, Delta Air Lines executives say they remain relatively confident in the company’s critical premium and international markets.
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Airline BusinessFull-year 2024 performance report for benchmark European airlines
Full-year 2024 data for Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Europe shows the region’s carriers falling short of 2023 profitability, albeit the gap was reduced as fortunes improved in the second half of the year and their results were significantly ahead of 2019 earnings.
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Airline BusinessQ4 2024 performance report for benchmark Asia-Pacific airlines
Full fourth-quarter 2024 data from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Asia-Pacific shows a strong year-end rebound in operating profit profitability after two consecutive quarters of decline.
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Airline BusinessWeek 15 2025: Tariff uncertainty looms large as earnings season kicks off
Fresh off the news that US president Donald Trump is imposing sweeping tariffs globally, an anxious airline sector braces for impact, just as earnings season kicks in.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 31 March - 4 April 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessBusting the airline demand management myths
Sustainability policies that do not reflect the reality of growth trends worldwide risk ‘carbon colonialism’, writes SimpliFlying’s Shashank Nigam
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Airline BusinessAir cargo players watch on nervously as Trump upends world trade
While trade tensions and their consequences could have a significant impact on passenger and cargo markets, it is the latter that stand most immediately exposed to US President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ announcements.
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Airline BusinessMichael O’Leary on Boeing quality, Max 10, fares, and ‘fat, dumb and happy’ peers
A year on from Michael’s O’Leary’s complaints about finding “spanners under floorboards” in Ryanair’s new Max jets, and the airline’s group chief executive is feeling more upbeat about Boeing’s progress.
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Airline BusinessFull-year 2024 performance report for benchmark North American airlines
Full-year 2024 data for Airline Business’ benchmark airlines in North America shows the region’s carriers falling short of 2023 and 2019 profitability, albeit the gap was reduced during the second six months of the year.
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Airline BusinessChina’s ‘Big Three’ flag operating pressures as mixed full-year results emerge
China’s three largest airlines disclosed a mixed picture in their full-year financial results, but were largely in unison in their warnings about competitive and operating pressures in the near term.
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Airline BusinessEasyJet chief sees bookings positive as it rolls out new bases
EasyJet chief executive Kenton Jarvis points to positive booking trends supporting its growth this summer, which includes the opening of bases at London Southend, Milan Linate and Rome Fiuminco airports.
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Airline BusinessArajet chief outlines vision for connecting Santo Domingo to the Americas
Launching flights to the USA has always been a major component of Arajet’s business plan but the carrier has taken a circuitous route getting there, chief executive Victor Pacheco Mendez tells Airline Business.
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Airline BusinessWeek 14 2025: Canadian leisure travel and Caribbean airline summit
First-quarter earnings will soon come into focus and carriers in the Northern Hemisphere will turn attention to the upcoming summer air travel season.
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Airline BusinessWhy Europe’s airline leaders are fretting about ‘competitiveness’
When the leaders of Europe’s largest airlines gathered in Brussels on 27 March for the annual A4E Aviation Summit, it quickly became clear what this year’s buzzword would be: competitiveness.
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Airline Business‘Rapid growth’ beckons for Cebu Pacific in 2025 as investments bear fruit
Low-cost operator Cebu Pacific expects to “continue our rapid growth” this year, after a profitable 2024 which saw it claim leadership in domestic and international market share.