After a decade of growth, international route networks have been shattered by the global pandemic. Amid a myriad of operating challenges, airlines and airports are having to adapt their thinking to adapt to new market realities.
Varadi hopeful on improved Wizz operational resilience
Wizz Air chief executive Jozsef Varadi believes air traffic control delays are likely to provide the biggest challenge this summer as the carrier bids to avoid a repeat of the operational disruption it suffered last year.
AirAsia X sees China reopening hastening traffic recovery
AirAsia X expects the reopening of China’s borders to accelerate its recovery to pre-pandemic operations, as it sees significant traffic growth in the October-December quarter of 2022.
Alaska posts $58m full-year profit on record revenues
Alaska Air Group posted record full-year operating revenues of $9.65 billion in 2022 and a net profit of $58 million for the year.
Wizz Air summer expansion based on ‘safe’ network growth: Varadi
While Wizz Air plans to increase its capacity 30% this summer, the airline’s chief executive Jozsef Varadi believe this represents a safe way of growing, given expansion is weighted on adding frequencies and has a focus on maturing markets.
Hawaiian restores flights between Honolulu and Fukuoka, Japan
Hawaiian Airlines is reinstating more flights to Japan, its most important overseas market, as it rebuilds its network in the Asia-Pacific region after almost three years of coronavirus-driven restrictions.
Norse Atlantic to open JFK service from fifth European capital
Scandinavian long-haul low-cost carrier Norse Atlantic Airways is to open services between Rome and New York JFK in mid-June.
