Analysis
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Airline BusinessAir Transat’s search for profitability continues into 2026
Canadian airline company Transat AT remains optimistic it is on track to realise profits in the long term.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 13-19 December 2025
Flight-data monitoring from Spanish carrier Vueling was used to validate a European methodology for calculating carbon emissions based on fuel burn for gate-to-gate scenarios. Air-ground radio communications have revealed that a JetBlue Airbus A320 crew in the Caribbean was startled by a US Air Force tanker in their vicinity which ...
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Airline BusinessIs the airline industry’s new-found ‘resilience’ actually just peak premium demand?
It might be the case that strong demand for the expensive seats among travel-hungry leisure passengers is a structural change in the post-Covid era. But there are clear risks in going all-in on that assumption
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Airline BusinessWhy IATA chief Walsh has engine-makers and their profits in his sights
It was on a key post-Covid topic that the association’s director general was most outspoken: aerospace supply-chain challenges.
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Airline BusinessIs the airline industry at a point of inflection?
Some regions face a changed revenue environment amid slow GDP growth and stubborn inflation, writes CTAIRA analyst Chris Tarry
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 6-12 December 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessUS discounters adapt networks as widespread capacity cuts change market dynamics
Most US discounters have been undergoing a painful period of contraction over the past several months, which has seen carriers enact sweeping network capacity cuts – opening new opportunities in some markets.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 29 November - 5 December 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessBeyond 100 destinations: Cathay Pacific eyes ‘optimised’ network
Having hit the milestone of 100 destinations – and then some – earlier this year, Cathay Pacific Group is now looking to “optimise” its newly-expanded network, with a cautious eye on supply chain and geopolitical headwinds.
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Airline BusinessNetwork redesign in full swing as Avianca focuses increasingly on long-haul legs
Avianca’s leadership team believes that its strategy of using aircraft on longer stage lengths is paying off, helping fuel an overall strong third-quarter for the Colombian carrier.
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Airline BusinessEmirates president expects ‘blended product’ with Flydubai at new airport
The opening of Al Maktoum International airport in the 2030s will create the opportunity for Emirates Airline and Flydubai to work even more closely together, according to the former’s president Tim Clark
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Airline BusinessAirline News Digest: 22-28 November 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessAsia-Pacific ‘generators’ of sustainable aviation solutions, but challenges remain: IATA
While there remains much work to be done in advancing the airline sector’s sustainability goals – and with the clock fast ticking down – IATA has reiterated its call for greater collaboration, not least among governments and the industry.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 15-21 November
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessJapanese majors weigh domestic network strategy amid shifting demographics
Japan’s two largest carriers are rethinking their long-term domestic network strategy – even urging “structural reform” – as the country’s demographics continue to change.
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Airline BusinessCopa Airlines posts 19% net profit growth amid Latin American demand surge
CEO Pedro Heilbron has long maintained that Copa’s steady, measured growth in recent years does not make for the most exciting narrative – but it was more of the same during the July-September period.
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Airline BusinessThai eyes new revenue streams, diversified network
Thai Airways International is looking to diversify its network, as part of efforts to wean off an over-dependence on tourism traffic.
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Airline BusinessFlydubai and Air Europa in eye-catching Airbus commitments at Dubai air show
Middle Eastern operator Flydubai took the headlines on the second day of Dubai air show by confirming plans to take 150 Airbus A321neo twinjets in a further significant shift in its fleet strategy.
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Airline BusinessLATAM’s international and premium growth undeterred by US travel softness
It is no secret that demand for air travel to the USA has recently fallen off from Latin American countries, but LATAM Airlines Group is unfazed.
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Airline BusinessOpening day of Dubai air show sees big Emirates order and talk of 777-10
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates took the headlines on day one of Dubai air show as it signed for a further 65 Boeing 777-9s and pressed for a feasibility study into a further stretch of the 777X, a version provisionally named the 777-10.