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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 8-14 November
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessBrazilian carriers Azul and Gol ride surging international travel demand
Both carriers report booming demand for long-haul international flights out of Brazil, a phenomenon responsible for surges in third-quarter capacity and revenue.
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Airline BusinessSIA keeps faith in multi-hub strategy despite profit hit from Air India woes
Singapore Airlines Group has thrown its weight behind associate Air India, even as the latter’s ongoing challenges and financial losses impacted the group’s earnings.
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Airline BusinessCebu Pacific optimistic about strong year-end, unfazed by Q3 loss
Cebu Pacific maintains that it is “well-positioned” for a strong finish to the year, following a series of “seasonal headwinds” including changes in the academic calendar, as well as operational challenges.
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Airline BusinessAeromexico posts strong Q3 on heels of ‘dual IPO’
Mexican carrier reports stable revenue and maintained profitability during the July-September period, with international operations performing strongly across all regions despite domestic capacity cuts.
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Airline BusinessOneworld partners take wider view on sustainability challenge
Moves led by Oneworld partners to establish a new investment fund aiming to kickstart development of next-generation SAF technologies signal demand is there among airlines, executives say.
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Airline BusinessUK airlines warn government not to damage competitiveness in Budget
The UK airline sector’s competitiveness was a big theme among assembled delegates at the annual Airlines 2025 conference in London on 10 November.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 1-7 November
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessSpirit’s network cuts open doors for rival ULCCs Frontier and Allegiant
As a major competitor’s struggles cause it to enact sweeping fleet and network cuts, a pair of ultra-low-cost carriers – Frontier Airlines and Allegiant Air – are capitalising on the opportunity.
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Airline BusinessTurkish Airlines seeks to leverage Air Europa’s Latin America presence
Turkish Airlines explained the rationale for its move to take a minority stake in Spanish operator Air Europa as it outlined its third-quarter earnings on 7 November.
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Airline BusinessFlyadeal boss on why Michael O’Leary might quibble with his LCC business model
The chief executive of Saudi Arabian budget airline Flyadeal describes how low-cost purists such as the outspoken Ryanair boss might react to his decision to diversify from the carrier’s bread-and-butter domestic market into long-haul and other segments.
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Airline BusinessAir Canada turns profit despite labour pressure on Q3 earnings
A crippling Air Canada flight attendants’ union strike that forced a complete operational shutdown across the carrier’s network in August suppressed the carrier’s third-quarter earnings by about three percentage points.
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Airline BusinessAir France-KLM reflects on what might have been after ‘mixed’ summer
Air France-KLM faced a series of headwinds during the third quarter, in a three months that could have looked better on paper given the favourable comparisons provided by the negative demand impact of the Paris Olympics on the same period of 2024.
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Airline BusinessIndiGo keeps focus on international push after steeper losses
IndiGo will double down on its “growth efforts” in the second half of its fiscal year – with a “disproportionate” focus on international expansion – after it widened its losses on the back of a sharp increase in foreign exchange costs.
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Airline BusinessLufthansa Group gets operations in order as attention turns to efficiencies
Chief executive Carsten Spohr explains in an earnings call that the group has overcome the operational challenges that had weighed on the performance of its passenger airlines business in the post-Covid period.
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Airline BusinessRyanair ‘hard to fault’ after successful summer
Its latest earnings reflect an airline that can overcome challenges, respond quickly to market dynamics and act on opportunities.
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Airline BusinessANA Holdings’ new mid-term strategy takes shape
ANA Holdings has provided some hints at how its upcoming medium-term corporate strategy will look like, as it tackles challenges like aircraft shortages and “intensifying” competition.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 25-31 October 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessMain cabin demand improves for American amid pivot to premium
American is rolling out new premium products across its fleet, from its new Airbus A321XLRs to its older 777-200s.
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Airline BusinessMexican ULCCs shake off demand swoon, GTF engine issues to post steady Q3 results
Mexican carriers VivaAerobus and Volaris have observed a recent rebound in the critical Mexico-to-USA market following a sharp downturn in transboder traffic earlier this year.