All Airline Business articles – Page 59
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Index shows industry nearing three-quarters of pre-Covid size
The latest Airline Business Index shows the global airline industry is nearing three-quarters of its pre-Covid size, driven by rapidly returning passengers and revenue in the third quarter. The overall score of 72 (2019 = 100) represents an increase of six from the score on 30 June 2021, 12 ...
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Airline BusinessDubai air show reinforces pandemic recovery themes among airlines
Organisers and visitors alike will be hoping that the biennial Dubai air show has bookended the worst of the Covid-19 crisis, proving the maxim that ‘timing is everything’.
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Airline BusinessCargo party keeps rocking for Asia-Pacific airlines
Cargo has proven a key lifeline to major airlines in the Asia-Pacific, with several carriers reporting record cargo performances amid continued weakness in passenger markets.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: November 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 BusinessQR quandary trips up re-boot of USA-Singapore air travel
Singapore’s acceptance of only one form of accreditation for travelers vaccinated in the USA highlights the thorny questions governments can encounter when reopening air travel.
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Airline BusinessWhy airline leaders must plan beyond the short-term pressures
Peter Davies, founder of Airline Management Group, on how the cost implications of pandemic-hit balance sheets and meeting environmental goals means management teams needs to embrace longer term thinking than their business plans show today
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Airline BusinessBritish Airways sees US market reopening driving business lift
Continued losses at British Airways and Lufthansa’s network carrier segment reported in the last 48 hours underline why those airlines are pinning so much hope on the reopening of the USA to international travel from Europe on 8 November.
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Airline BusinessAzul surprises with talk of LATAM Airlines Group acquisition
Reports that Brazilian carrier Azul is preparing a bid for LATAM Airlines Group mark the second recent example of potential M&A activity to feature an airline interested in purchasing a much-larger rival.
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Airline BusinessWhat might COP26 mean for the airline industry?
On the eve of the UN climate change conference COP26, the airline industry is braced to discover what the eventual outcomes will mean for its growth path.
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Airline BusinessCathay recovery still uncertain, amid prolonged border closures, fresh competition
More than a year after a massive restructuring, Hong Kong’s embattled Cathay Pacific looks to enter 2022 with its recovery in jeopardy, as the city’s international borders remain tightly shut, and new competition takes shape in its home turf.
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Airline BusinessGol and Azul prepare for a restored Brazilian travel boom
Brazilian airlines Azul and Gol are positioning to take advantage of a resurgence in domestic and international travel as some of the last travel restrictions for customers from the vast Latin American country are set to fall.
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Airline BusinessLatin American airline CEOs reflect on the pandemic’s lessons learned
For airlines in Latin America, the coronavirus pandemic not only posed a sudden, monumental operational challenge, but also interrupted the region’s long overdue growth trajectory.
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Airline BusinessStart-up Northern Pacific aims to bring Icelandair model to transpacific travel
Northern Pacific Airlines, a start-up being incubated in the high north, looks to become Alaska’s Icelandair.
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Airline BusinessWhy fuel, fleet and loads are key to restructured Latin carriers’ recovery
René Armas Maes, vice-president of commercial at Jet Link International, considers how adapting to cost and demand variables over the next two years will be key to the successful implementation of restructuring plans for Latin America’s three biggest operators.
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Airline BusinessAvianca chief on Colombian airline’s shift to point-to-point strategy in Covid recovery
Adrian Neuhauser’s goal is to lead the ailing carrier out of the double-whammy of the global health crisis and bankruptcy
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Airline BusinessSoutheast Asia warms to the idea of (finally) opening up
Southeast Asian countries continue to see a gradual reinstatement of air travel, as vaccination rates rise and governments eye valuable tourism dollars.
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Airline BusinessTentative reopening steps continue in Asia but long route to recovery
International travel in Asia-Pacific has been paltry since the crisis hit amid some of the tightest approaches to border control in the world and lagging vaccination roll-outs.
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Airline BusinessWhy Etihad has broken new ground with sustainability-linked financing
Etihad Aviation Group chief financial officer Adam Boukadida believes there will be further sustainability-linked financing deals both within the industry and beyond after striking a $1.2 billion transaction tied to environmental, social and governance targets
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Airline BusinessRaised capacity on US-Mexican border routes bucks international trend
In an environment where a rebound in travel to pre-crisis level for most international markets is off the horizon for perhaps multiple years, the speed and scale of the recovery in the US-Mexican market is a stand-out.
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Airline BusinessWizz Air UK seeks ‘scaleable’ growth as testing change boosts demand
New Wizz Air UK chief executive Marion Geoffroy believes the scrapping of the more expensive PCR test for fully-vaccinated travellers from later this month will be a key driver of demand as the carrier ramps up capacity for Christmas travel.