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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 18-24 October 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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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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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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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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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 11-17 October 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessUnited Airlines keeps cruising thanks to customer loyalty strategy
Beating a now familiar-sounding drum, United Airlines maintains that repeat customers are boosting its bottom-line results while other US carriers falter.
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Airline BusinessAbra Group bolsters position in Latin America with ambitious fleet, IPO plans
Hot on the heels on Abra Group revealing plans to become a publicly traded company on the US stock market, the Latin American airline company has disclosed a major addition to its Airbus aircraft orderbook.
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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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Airline BusinessWeek 42 2025: United reports, while Chinese carriers confront trans-pacific uncertainty
Airline earnings season continues this week, with United Airlines reporting on 16 October.
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Airline BusinessUnited doubles down on strategy of targeting ‘unique’ international destinations
United Airlines will launch four new European destinations next summer, including Split, Croatia and Santiago de Compostela, Spain, as part of its strategy to target under-served international markets.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 4-10 October 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessDelta marks ‘financial divergence’ of US airline sector after strong Q3
Now appearing to distance itself from a gloomy early-year forecast, Delta Air Lines reports that market trends have improved considerably and that momentum “built through the quarter”.
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Airline BusinessAir cargo demand growth settles back after ‘hectic’ few months
Air cargo demand continued to grow in September but settled down from the highs recorded in August and July. The latest figures from data provider Xeneta show that air cargo demand increased by 3% year on year in September, down from 5% in August, while capacity was up 3% and ...
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Airline BusinessObituary: Pierre Jeanniot, leader of Air Canada and IATA
The former chief executive of Air Canada and director-general of IATA died on 22 June 2025, aged 92
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Airline BusinessLufthansa Group takes greater control of airlines in effort to recover lost ground
The business’s actions can broadly be grouped into three areas: more centralisation of its network carriers, involving greater integration of several functions; improving productivity, partly through a fleet-simplification effort; and getting costs down.
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Airline BusinessWeek 41 2025: Delta kicks off Q3 earnings with snapshot of domestic, international demand
With the Northern Hemisphere’s fall season now officially underway, airlines in North America and Europe will begin picking over the summer’s air travel trends and reporting earnings for the third quarter.
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Airline BusinessAirline News Digest: 27 September - 3 October 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessJAL targets revenue growth, with LCCs, international network to provide boost
Japan Airlines Group intends to boost its operating revenue “by optimising resources” to respond to what it calls “environmental changes in the market”.
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Airline BusinessFrontier chief calls US airline sector ‘rigged’ over gate access
Frontier Airlines chief executive Barry Biffle has accused major US carriers of using gate control at busy airports to limit competition and maintain pricing power, calling the sector “pretty rigged”.
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Airline BusinessASG carriers target seasonal peaks to boost aircraft utilisation, rapidly expand fleet
Ascend Airways employs a seasonal model used by fellow member carriers of Lithuanian wet lease specialist Avia Solution Group (ASG).