Analysis – Page 5
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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 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 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 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 BusinessAirline news digest: 26 July-1 August 2025
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days.
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Airline BusinessSun Country’s home turf becoming ‘two airline market’ in competition versus Delta
The low-cost carrier has observed Southwest Airlines, Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines all “pull back from the Minneapolis market”, says CEO Jude Bricker.
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Airline BusinessPremium demand helps IAG continue run of strong earnings
IAG’s latest quarterly earnings continue the story of a group that is riding high despite geopolitical headwinds in its key transatlantic markets.
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Airline Business‘Cautious’ consumers, peso devaluation weigh on Aeromexico and VivaAerobus
For both Mexican carriers, second-quarter revenue was down significantly year-on-year despite higher passenger capacity.
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Airline BusinessAir France-KLM lauds impact of ‘premiumisation’ effort
Air France-KLM described its second-quarter 2025 earnings as ‘solid’ as it reaped the benefits of higher demand and yields in long-haul – and particularly premium – cabins but also grappled with challenges at two of its airline units.