All Airline Business articles – Page 61
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Airline BusinessHow Annick Guerard is leading the fightback at Air Transat
With a little help from new partners and a determination not to dwell on a punishing 18 months for the business, Annick Guerard is plotting a secure future for Air Transat
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Airline BusinessWhy airlines are delighted about the full return of transatlantic travel
Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr described the development as “a major step out of the crisis”, while IATA director general Willie Walsh called it “a major step forward”.
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Airline BusinessUS airlines recruit to beat pilot ‘re-shortage’
A year and a half after Covid-19 wiped out the pilot shortage, the industry is once again wondering where it will find the flight crew to accommodate the rapid, uneven rebound to pre-pandemic levels and beyond.
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Airline BusinessJetBlue ‘beholden’ to American under Northeast pact: US government
The US government’s case against the American Airlines-JetBlue Airways alliance rests largely on the argument that the deal leaves JetBlue overly dependent on much-larger American.
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Airline BusinessFor Latin America’s airlines, return to 2019 is ‘not good enough’
As Latin American carriers make a steep climb out of the crisis, the region’s pre-pandemic normal is an undesirable summit
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Airline BusinessWhat now for EasyJet after rejection of Wizz Air takeover?
Reports that Wizz Air was the failed bidder for European low-cost rival EasyJet are perhaps no surprise, given the compatibility of the two operators and the upheaval created by Covid-19, but the failure of the move leaves the latter carrier facing questions about its next steps.
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Airline BusinessMassive aircraft order solves just part of United’s fleet-renewal challenge
United Airlines bold order for 270 narrowbodies in June formed part of an ambitious seat upgauge and product enhancement plan. But as consultants René Armas Maes and Jonathan Norman write, achieving its ambitions depends on how the fleet renewal is implemented.
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Airline BusinessAirline coronavirus recovery tracker: September 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 BusinessWhy now is the time for airline leaders to grasp new opportunities
Airline Management Group founder Peter Davies believes the industry needs to do more to identify new opportunities during the crisis, whilst managing the immediate balance sheet challenges.
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Airline BusinessAlliance Airlines chief manages growth amid the pandemic
Alliance Airlines chief executive Lee Schofield says the carrier’s revenue mix has served it well during the coronavirus pandemic, as its acquisition of Embraer E-190s has also allowed wet-lease client Qantas Airways to explore new point-to-point routes.
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Airline BusinessBA’s Gatwick plan reflects wider challenges for network carriers
In the understandable desperation to see the airline industry recover, it is all too easy to view that process as a journey back to how things were in 2019.
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Airline BusinessAsia-Pacific airlines can’t shake those Delta blues
The Delta variant of Covid-19 has crushed hopes of a 2021 air travel recovery in the Asia-Pacific region, with extreme caution keeping borders all but entirely closed.
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Airline BusinessEurope’s airlines acutely aware that winter is coming
There are reasons to be cheerful about Europe’s recent performance. But the outlook for the coming winter season on the passenger side of the business remains awash with uncertainty.
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Airline BusinessZero-Covid is dead; long live zero-Covid (for airline passengers)
Covid-19 vaccines should allow Asia-Pacific air travel to open up, but bureaucracy and expensive testing might emerge as a challenge.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Index scores industry at two-thirds of pre-Covid size
The latest quarterly Airline Business Index shows the global airline industry reached exactly two-thirds of its pre-crisis size at the mid-point of 2021.
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Airline BusinessWhy are airlines mandating Covid-19 vaccinations for crew?
Carriers including Air Canada, Delta Air Lines and Swiss have made announcements on employee Covid-19 vaccination policies this week, further expanding the list of reasons being given for introducing vaccine mandates – or essentially doing so by proxy.
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Airline BusinessDomestic disarray haunts Asia-Pacific carriers
A new wave of coronavirus infections — caused mainly by the more infectious Delta variant — threatens to thwart the domestic recovery in key Asia-Pacific markets, though prospects in the region remain mixed.
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Airline BusinessAir Astana, FlyArystan find domestic bliss amid pandemic: CEO
Kazakhstan carrier Air Astana and low-cost unit FlyArystan continue to hold their own amid the coronavirus pandemic, relying on a strong domestic market to drive profitability.
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Airline BusinessWhich commercial airlines served Kabul before the Taliban advance?
The chaos surrounding operations at Hamid Karzai International airport in recent days affects a number of international operators, including Emirates and Turkish Airlines.
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Airline BusinessVibrant cargo market continues to buoy Asia-Pacific carriers
Asia-Pacific airlines continue to enjoy strong cargo markets, partially offsetting the dire lack of passenger travel amid the coronavirus pandemic.