All Airline Business articles – Page 58
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Airline BusinessCathay woes and Allegiant order reflect dichotomy in airline prospects
The year has kicked off with a stark reminder of the dichotomy in airline fortunes around the world as the Covid-19 pandemic continues.
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Airline BusinessAircraft availability, attractive terms flipped Allegiant to Boeing’s Max
Near-term aircraft availability and attractive purchase terms ultimately drove Allegiant Travel to ditch its all-Airbus-fleet strategy by ordering 50 Boeing 737 Max jets.
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Airline BusinessAirline share prices end 2021 below year-ago level after 12 months of Covid-19 setbacks
Airline share prices ended 2021 slightly down on the same point 12 months ago after a year characterised by dashed hopes, as the Covid-19 pandemic continued to play havoc with the travel industry.
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Airline BusinessWhich airlines welcomed new aircraft types into their fleets during 2021?
Established airlines around the world debuted aircraft types and variants in their fleets during 2021, despite the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. We look back at some of the highlights, from nimble narrowbodies through to heavyweight widebodies.
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Airline BusinessWhich airlines launched, failed or merged in 2021?
One of the most counter-intuitive things about the pandemic for the airline sector has been that during the worst crisis the industry has ever faced, relatively few carriers have collapsed.
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Airline BusinessReasons for the airline industry to be optimistic about 2022, despite Omicron
Much as the emergence of the Alpha variant of Covid-19 in late 2020 put a damper on hopes for a strong air traffic recovery in the new year, the Omicron variant is playing the same trick as 2021 comes to an end.
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Airline BusinessHow far through the crisis are Americas’ biggest airlines?
While many international services remained heavily restricted for US carriers until November’s easing of travel rules into the country, access to the large domestic market had already helped give the travel recovery momentum..
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Airline BusinessCan airline sector steer clear of Covid troubles?
Despite early optimism, it is clear that the pandemic is not finished with us, and disruption will remain an occupational hazard for airlines for some time
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Airline BusinessNorth American carriers applying recovery brake
In 2021, North American airlines raced to restore capacity as worries about Covid-19 eased – and paid the price. They may not be in such a rush this time.
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Airline BusinessAsia-Pacific airlines weigh up reviving parked superjumbos
Singapore Airlines may have launched the type – and is slowly bringing it back into service – but does the superjumbo have a future in the Asia-Pacific?
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Airline BusinessHow far through the crisis are Asia-Pacific’s biggest airlines?
Airlines in Asia-Pacific paradoxically, are both among the hardest hit yet also the most profitable since the crisis hit. No region’s international passenger business has been harder by the pandemic than Asia-Pacific’s airlines, as international borders have remained all but shut and only started reopening in the last quarter of ...
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Airline BusinessHow far through the crisis are Europe’s biggest airlines?
For European airlines, momentum had been growing across the year, in line with the successful roll-out of vaccination programmes. European short-haul travel began opening up in the summer with the lifting of quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated travellers. That notably stepped up in the second half of the summer and into an extended shoulder season for leisure travel.
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Airline BusinessLatin American airlines facing long road to recovery
Latin America’s airlines had a tougher pandemic than most, with little direct government support despite tight travel restrictions. Can they build back?
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Airline BusinessAirlines keep eyes on the summer prize despite winter worries
It has been almost two decades since there was a direct transatlantic flight operating out of St Louis. That Lufthansa should announce plans to serve the Missouri city in 2022 at a time when the Omicron variant is casting such a pall over near-term demand illustrates the continued faith airlines have in the next northern hemisphere summer.
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Airline BusinessAirlines face Omicron with the WHO and consumers on side
As the world awaits hard data on the likely impact of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, airlines also face slim-pickings when it comes to indictors of how travel demand will respond.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: December 2021 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 BusinessHow low-cost carrier share is evolving in European short-haul markets
Airline positions in the European short-haul market going into next summer vary widely. Most operators, particularly network carriers, have opted for a more cautious approach to capacity within Europe in a bid to secure some kind of profitability – or at the very lest to limit losses. But others, notably in the low-cost segment, have made a push for market share.
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Airline BusinessAirlines wait for more visibility as Omicron clouds recovery track
The emergence of a new Covid variant of concern and of its spread beyond southern Africa where it was first identified is the news airlines have feared since vaccination programmes began emboldening governments to reopen their borders for travel.
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Airline BusinessIndiGo rides resurgent Indian domestic market
Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo is enjoying a strong domestic rebound as the subcontinent continues its recovery from a painful Covid-19 outbreak earlier this year, according to chief commercial officer William Boulter.
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Airline BusinessUK airlines desperate for government to adopt EU-style travel policies
This week’s Airlines 2021 event in London was a timely gathering of key players in the UK aviation sector, as they called for the country’s government to remove barriers to air travel that put it out of step with mainland Europe.