All Airline Business articles – Page 6
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Airline BusinessCEO Levy acknowledges start-up Avelo ‘can’t win’ head-to-head matchups with major US carriers
Low-cost carrier Avelo Airlines is taking a ”contrarian approach” to fleet strategy by ordering smaller Embraer E195-E2 jets while most US carriers continue to upgauge with larger aircraft.
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Airline BusinessAirline News Digest: 6-12 September 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessWhy ecosystems are key to building SAF supply
Focusing on single technologies or projects is unlikely to generate the much-needed rapid expansion of production, writes SimpliFlying’s Shashank Nigam
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Airline BusinessKenya Airways grapples with 787 groundings and end of SAA tie-up ambitions
When Kenya Airways announced its first full-year net profit in more than a decade for 2024, it could have been a turning point. But the first half of 2025 put it on to the back foot
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Airline BusinessAvianca Cargo expands vision with strengthened partnership in Mexico
Bogota-based Avianca Cargo is entering a new growth phase with an expanding Airbus A330 freighter fleet and the establishment of Avianca Cargo Mexico, strengthening its position across Latin American markets.
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Airline BusinessChai Eamsiri on rebuilding – and ‘renovating’ – Thai Airways as a source of pride
With the chapter of business rehabilitation now closed, Thai Airways International chief executive Chai Eamsiri is focused on building – and sustaining – the airline’s next stage of growth
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Airline BusinessWeek 37 2025: European fare weakness and JetBlue improvements
With the busy second-quarter earnings season over, hints have been emerging regarding airline performances during the critical July-September period.
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Airline BusinessQ2 2025 performance report for benchmark Latin American airlines
Full second-quarter results from Airline Business’ benchmark airlines in the Latin America region show year-on-year improvement across all key performance indicators, with the exception of flat aggregate passenger load factor compared with the April-June period of 2024.
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Airline BusinessAirline News Digest: 30 August - 5 September 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessQ2 2025 performance report for benchmark Asia-Pacific airlines
Full data from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Asia-Pacific shows an uptick in profitability for the second quarter of 2025, on the back of improvements in operating revenue and passenger traffic.
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Airline BusinessVirgin Australia sees ‘focused’ growth ahead as profits improve
Virgin Australia will remain “focused” in its near-term growth strategy, as it improves its annual earnings and warns of rising costs.
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Airline BusinessSpirit Airlines suffers eroding edge as major carriers exploit low-cost strategies
The ultra-low-cost carrier faces intensifying competition as larger airlines co-opt its business model, and Spirit struggles with fleet issues and weak leisure demand.
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Airline BusinessCopa’s decades of discipline paying off under long-serving chief Pedro Heilbron
Pedro Heilbron admits that, at this point, the secret to Copa Airlines’ success is “somewhat boring”, since the Panama-based carrier keeps repeating tried-and-true strategies that it has employed for years.
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Airline BusinessWeek 36 2025: Earnings season winds down as Spirit again files for Chapter 11
The April-June earnings period winds down with a slight show of improvement from China’s three largest operators, even as they continued to be loss-making.
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Airline BusinessAirline News Digest: 23-29 August 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessQantas’ record profit meets cautious sentiment – and a promise to ‘deliver’
Qantas Group posted its second highest annual profit, but it remains modest about the achievement, focusing instead on its goal of “delivering” for its customers.
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Airline BusinessAir New Zealand plays the long game as near-term challenges drag on
Air New Zealand has acknowledged there is “no quick fix” in resolving its current “operational complexities” – chief among them the long-drawn engine reliability issues on its narrowbody and widebody fleet.
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Airline BusinessConnect Airlines chief still aiming to fix ‘broken’ US regional model
More than two years after Connect Airlines’ US FAA certification process hit a pause, founder John Thomas remains committed to rethinking what he calls the “broken model” for regional flying in the USA.
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Airline BusinessQ2 2025 performance report for benchmark North American airlines
Complete second-quarter earnings reports from Airline Business’ benchmark North American airlines show the region’s carriers posting lower operating and net profits compared with the equivalent period of 2024.
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Airline BusinessKorean Air’s simplification act gathers pace with record aircraft buy
Korean Air’s strategy of simplification in the long-term is gathering pace, after the carrier placed a record order for more than 100 Boeing aircraft.