All Airline Business articles – Page 42
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Airline BusinessBonza finds its wings with Australia’s infrequent fliers
Australian low-cost start-up Bonza is making traction with its unique business model, which aims to stimulate demand among infrequent fliers on largely un-served routes.
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Airline BusinessLynx's founding CEO hopes successor can take Canadian start-up airline to ’next level’
Merren McArthur is leaving the airline for personal reasons as ultra-low-cost Lynx transitions to the growth stage of its five-year plan.
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Airline BusinessBorn during the pandemic, Taiwan’s Starlux now makes up for lost time
Few airlines share their launch date with known global events – let alone a pandemic. For Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines, it is now making up for lost time, aiming to reap the benefits of its transit-centric business model.
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Airline BusinessClass apart: why all-premium airline services have struggled to survive
As an elevator pitch, you can understand the appeal. Take city pairs with a sizeable daily demand for mid-haul premium flights; provide travelers with an exclusive, intimate experience using smaller, more efficient aircraft configured with a few dozen business class seats; and perhaps choose convenient, secondary airports to avoid traffic congestion and crowded terminals.
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Airline BusinessHow Air New Zealand is tackling sustainability challenge
One of the greatest exponents of a 100% pure environmental push is the national airline, Air New Zealand, which was recently recognised as a winner in the Airline Strategy Awards for its Environmental, Social and Governance plan.
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Airline BusinessIs Ryanair right about competition in Germany’s airline market?
Although Ryanair and its chief executive Michael O’Leary have a long history of criticising Lufthansa’s market dominance, the Irish carrier’s latest complaints regarding German airport fees highlight some noteworthy market dynamics in the country at this stage of the Covid-19 recovery.
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Airline BusinessNew business-class carrier Bermudair ‘akin to a private jet’ service: CEO
Bermudair is betting that Bermuda’s sizeable business community will sustain its planned flight frequencies and allow for potential network and fleet expansions.
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Airline BusinessHow Peter Foster is keeping Air Astana on a growth path despite post-Covid challenges
Under the long-term leadership of Peter Foster, Kazakhstan’s flag carrier managed to remain profitable last year as it grew above pre-Covid traffic levels, having already moved back into the black in 2021. And its growth is continuing this year
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Airline BusinessAir Cahana’s CEO details plan to ‘clean up’ aviation with hydrogen power
Southern California start-up Air Cahana has an ambitious plan to establish and expand hydrogen-powered regional air service in the Southwest USA this decade.
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Airline BusinessMore signs of airline markets ‘normalising’ as fares soften
While airline executives are not panicking about the outlook, there have been increasing indications of passenger market ‘normalisation’ spreading to more regions, as carriers report fares softening from the highs seen in 2022
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Airline BusinessAirline Business performance tracker: Americas Q2 2023
Key data from the most-recent Americas earnings period – the April-June 2023 quarter – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: August 2023 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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Airline BusinessAir cargo grapples with plummeting rates and freighter oversupply fears
The global air cargo market is heading for a potential “winter of discontent” amid rapidly falling rates, softening demand and rising capacity.
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Airline BusinessNebraska-based start-up airline Red Way plans to ‘crawl, walk, run’: CEO
Red Way is betting that its model will revitalise air service from Lincoln and prove itself worth replicating in other parts of the USA.
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Airline BusinessHow agile Air Serbia is finding a profitable growth path
When it comes to examples of airlines exiting the Covid-19 crisis as bigger, more confident operations, Air Serbia is a compelling case, even as it grapples with the capacity constraints that are being felt across the industry.
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Airline BusinessSpohr sees Lufthansa ready to leave operational buffer behind in 2024
Lufthansa will step up productivity and efficiency levels next year after a focus on stabilising operations this summer amid continued industry capacity challenges.
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Airline BusinessUS pent-up demand shifts to long-haul at expense of domestic
A curious consequence of the Covid-19 recovery has become apparent during the current earnings season, as domestic-focused US carriers report a stronger-than-expected shift in pent-up demand towards international, long-haul flying.
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Airline BusinessHow Flyadeal set early pace in Saudi growth story
While the arrival of new entrants is grabbing headlines this year as part of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious plans to create a new global aviation hub and triple passenger numbers by 2030, growth has been part of the story since day one for Flyadeal and its chief executive Con Korfiatis.
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Airline BusinessBritish Airways ‘mid-way through’ business transformation: Doyle
British Airways is halfway through a transformation of the business under the leadership of Sean Doyle, focused on building the brand’s ‘premium’ reputation, improving engagement with employees and increasing the resilience of the technology that underpins operations.
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Airline BusinessChallenges remain despite Air France-KLM's steady post-pandemic progress
While there remain plenty of pressures and potential pitfalls ahead, a doubling of profits in the second quarter underlined the steady progress Air France-KLM is making in its recovery out of the pandemic.