All Airline Business articles – Page 7
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Airline BusinessWeek 35 2025: Chinese majors report as Air Canada rights ship
While most major global carriers have already reported second-quarter financial results, a trio of major Chinese airlines are poised to break the quiet period with a snapshot of the sector’s health.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 16-22 August 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessGol line in sight as Brazilian carrier looks to restore full fleet
Greater aircraft availability helped Gol achieve much higher second-quarter passenger capacity compared with the equivalent period of last year.
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Airline BusinessAzul’s operations holding steady as it navigates Chapter 11 bankruptcy
The Sao Paulo-based company reported encouraging trends on revenue generation and passenger capacity in the second quarter, benefiting from a stronger Brazilian real and fewer operational disruptions caused by severe weather.
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Airline BusinessQ2 2025 performance report for benchmark European airlines
Full second-quarter 2025 data from Airline Business’s benchmark airlines in Europe shows profitability was significantly higher year on year, as comparisons benefitted from the surprisingly challenging conditions seen in the same period of 2024.
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Airline Business‘Challenging’ domestic market leads JAL, ANA to trim capacity as international growth continues
Japan’s two largest operators are trimming their domestic capacity for the northern winter season, amid concerns of slowing demand and domestic competition.
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Airline BusinessWeek 34 2025: Results pause as Spirit provides reminder of post-Chapter 11 risks
Last week saw two Brazilian carriers report their earnings during a challenging period for operators in the country, while Spirit Airlines raised “substantial doubt” over its ability to survive
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 9-15 August 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: Ryanair for Digital Leadership
In the ninth and final winning story from 2025’s Airline Strategy Awards, which were held in London on 14 July, Ryanair received the Digital Leadership Award
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Airline BusinessCebu Pacific ‘on track’ for stronger 2025 even as supply chain woes persist
Cebu Pacific believes it is “on track” to report stronger profit margins this year, despite persisting supply chain snags, and as it enters its “softest” quarter yet.
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Airline BusinessAirline Strategy Awards winning stories: JetBlue Airways for ESG Leadership
In the eighth of our winning stories from 2025’s Airline Strategy Awards, which were held in London on 14 July, JetBlue Airways was recognised in the ESG Leadership category
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Airline BusinessWeek 33 2025: Earnings season takes a breather with focus shifting on Asia-Pacific results
Following a flurry of financial results in the past week, earnings season takes a brief pause with most European and North American operators having reported their earnings. Focus will soon turn to several key Asia Pacific operators by the end of the month.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 2-8 August 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessCopa strengthens position in Central America with another profitable quarter
Copa Holdings continues to shine as a stable profit-maker among Latin American airline companies, which chief executive Pedro Heilbron attributes partially to being in the right place.
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Airline BusinessCathay reaffirms dual-brand strategy despite HK Express losses
Cathay Pacific Group has reiterated its commitment to its dual-brand strategy despite low-cost unit HK Express posting a HK$524 million loss in the first half of 2024, citing ‘short-term’ challenges including Japan travel disruption.
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Airline BusinessRelatively soft demand, interest expenses chew into Avianca’s Q2
Avianca’s executives are watching two markets that are turning in weaker-than-expected performances – Mexico and Central America.
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Airline Business‘Stop doing things that lose money’: Frontier CEO Biffle on industry-wide capacity cuts
Frontier Airlines reports $70 million second-quarter loss as CEO Barry Biffle asserts that all US carriers are losing money on domestic operations, with only international segments keeping some airlines profitable.
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Airline BusinessAllegiant’s profits dip along with demand for leisure travel in USA
The ultra-low-cost carrier based in Las Vegas did not escape the effects of sagging demand for low-cost seats to leisure destinations, despite taking on a handful of new, more-efficient Boeing 737 Max aircraft and making greater use of its existing jets.
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Airline BusinessA year and two airline exits later, are Kuala Lumpur’s plans to revive Subang airport in flux?
Malaysia’s plans to rejuvenate Kuala Lumpur’s Subang airport hit a snag after a second domestic operator exited jet operations from the city airport, but there are some silver linings for the facility.
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Airline BusinessWeek 32 2025: US discounters, Latin American carriers' earnings in spotlight
With most major carriers having reported second-quarter results at the tail end of earnings season, there is still intrigue in the week ahead – namely, the financial performances of a pair of US discounters and two Latin American flag carriers.