All Strategy news – Page 28
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Charter carrier GlobalX loses $4.9m amid Q3 pilot hiring spree
South Florida start-up carrier Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) reports a third-quarter loss of $4.89 million as it ramped up pilot hiring to keep pace with its rapidly growing fleet.
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Airline Business
United Airlines’ customer chief on ‘day of travel’ power of the airline app
While United Airlines' customers are able to engage across a range of platforms and timeframes, for the carrier's chief customer officer Linda Jojo many of the advances with airline apps centre around their ability to support ‘day of travel’ functionality.
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Airline Business
Low nose-loading appetite leaves 747-8F as capability’s last stand
Low airline appetite for nose-loading freighters means the Boeing 747-8F is currently on course to be the capability’s swansong in terms of purpose-built commercial aircraft, despite it featuring on around 250 in-service examples today, according to speakers at The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA’s) Executive Summit in Brussels.
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Air cargo leaders look deep into 2024 for demand uptick
Sentiment in the air cargo market continues to trend sharply below Covid-era highs, as rising capacity, lower rates and weak demand trends contribute to a challenging backdrop for the sector.
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US airlines gearing up for ‘busiest ever’ Thanksgiving holiday travel period
US airlines are gearing up for a major holiday travel weekend as demand for air travel over the upcoming Thanksgiving travel period is higher than both last year and pre-pandemic 2019.
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Frontier to open crew base in Cleveland with 400 employees
US ultra-discounter Frontier Airlines plans to open a crew base that will employ hundreds at Cleveland Hopkins International airport starting in March.
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Airline Business
Can European airline group consolidation aims come to fruition?
Consolidation is very much in the air for the three big European airline groups, all of whom are in the process of trying to get acquisitions done and with the prospect of a move for TAP Air Portugal still in the offing.
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Sun Country stymied by captain availability on way to modest Q3 profit
Sun Country Airlines reports earning $7.6 million during the third quarter as chief executive Jude Bricker cited the lack of pilots upgrading to captain as a persistent problem.
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Cargojet’s Q3 profits dip amid cooling air freight market
Canada’s Cargojet Airways reports a third-quarter profit of C$10.5 million ($7.63 million) – versus marking C$83.4 million during the same period last year – amid cooling demand for air cargo.
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SIA expects full capacity recovery by 2024 as half-year profit smashes records
Singapore Airlines Group expects to return to pre-pandemic capacity in the 2024 fiscal year, amid robust travel demand which has led the airline to post a 26% jump in half-year operating profit.
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Condor now selling Alaska Airlines flights through codeshare
Oneworld carrier Alaska Airlines and German leisure specialist Condor have expanded their codeshare agreement, allowing Condor to market and sell more than 70 routes throughout the USA.
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FedEx encourages pilots to move to regional carrier PSA as cargo demand slumps
FedEx Express is encouraging pilots to move to regional passenger carrier PSA Airlines as direct-entry captains, with the opportunity to flow through to legacy American Airlines. The regional carrier is sweetening the deal with a $250,000 signing bonus.
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Brazil’s Gol posts record third-quarter revenue on ‘strong and steady’ demand
Brazil’s Gol generated record revenue in the third quarter of 2023 as both leisure and corporate travel demand continued to strengthen.
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Garuda swings to loss despite revenue jump
Garuda Indonesia swung back to a nine-month loss despite an increase in revenues, due to the lack of income gained from debt restructuring, and as it took a hit from foreign exchange losses.
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IndiGo ramps up mitigation measures as GTF groundings grow
IndiGo is maintaining its full-year capacity guidance as it intensifies mitigation measures in response to news that more of its Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF)-powered aircraft will be grounded in the coming months.
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IndiGo overcomes seasonal weakness to report profitable second quarter
IndiGo recorded a positive result in its seasonally weakest July-September period for the first time in five years, extending its profitable run to four quarters
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All Lufthansa airlines to be profitable for first time in 2023: Spohr
Improved performance across all its carriers means Lufthansa expects all its airline units to be profitable for the first time this year.
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Norwegian extends 737NG contracts to counter Max delays and tight leasing market
Norwegian is signing lease extensions for some of its Boeing 737-800s amid delays in the delivery of 737 Max 8 jets and a tightening market for leased aircraft caused by groundings related to Pratt & Whitney geared turbofans
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Airline Business
Why the airline industry’s net-zero effort is likely to push fares higher
More airline leaders are starting to openly acknowlege that the extra costs associated with the industry’s net-zero transition through to 2050 are almost guaranteed to increase in ticket prices for consumers and impact the pace of the sector’s growth.
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AirAsia X re-attempts bid to shed financially distressed status
AirAsia X is to appeal against the Malaysian stock exchange’s decision to reject its bid to shed its financially distressed status, reiterating the “significant improvements” in operations in recent months.