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Week 43 2024: Market softness, Southwest pressure and GTF latest
The earnings season kicks into gear this week, with Icelandair, Southwest Airlines, Volaris and Norwegian among those due to outline their July-September performances.
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Airline news digest: 12-18 October 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline growth aspirations still crimped by ongoing OEM supply challenges
Ryanair group chief executive Michael O’Leary’s admission that the budget carrier will probably have to lower its passenger growth expectations next year marks a further and all too familiar sign of the impact the ongoing OEM challenges are having on airline aspirations.
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United focuses on Boeing’s long-term stability over immediate delivery delays
CEO Scott Kirby is encouraged by what he sees as a culture shift already underway at the US aircraft manufacturer.
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Brazilian carriers grapple with year of challenges
Currency pain and airport closure adds to Brazilian carrier challenges as Azul strives to avoid following Gol into formal financial restructuring
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Breeze’s growth plan to include upgraded service and longer-haul flights
While many discount carriers in the USA are trying to appeal beyond cost-conscious leisure travellers, start-up Breeze Airways considers itself ahead of that curve.
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How Cebu Pacific’s record order reflects Philippines’ growth ambitions
Cebu Pacific’s commitment for over 150 Airbus narrowbodies reflects not just new opportunities for the low-cost operator, it also heralds a new era of growth for the Philippines’ aviation sector
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Week 42 2024: United to keep foot down on improvement
This week will bring further indications of how demand is shaping up over the second half of the year when United Airlines becomes the second US major to report third-quarter earnings. It comes after last week Delta Air Lines painted a bright picture of demand for the fourth quarter in ...
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Airline news digest: 5-11 October 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Delta’s ‘premium’ products providing edge over US competitors
In a US airline market that currently favours carriers that cater to high-paying customers, Delta Air Lines has been reaping the rewards.
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Latin American airlines frustrated as SAF inaction continues
The global sustainable aviation fuel industry might be small today, but that does not stop inequalities already existing in terms of the regional production split.
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Airline Business Rankings: How Latin American carriers rebounded in 2023
Latin America’s leading airline groups enjoyed a strong 2023 as both revenues and profits outstripped pre-pandemic levels almost across the board
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Airline Business Rankings: How airline top order has re-established after Covid
For all the talk of coming out of Covid differently, now that the industry has all but returned to the point it was at when the pandemic hit, the list of leading players has a familiar feel to it.
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Airline Business Rankings: 2023 – the year traffic caught back up
Leading global airline groups all but caught up with 2019 traffic and capacity last year, even if it remains a mixed picture across different operators and regions
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Airline Business Rankings: Strong financial return for leading airlines in 2023
The latest Airline Business Rankings show that profitability among the top 100 operators reached highs beyond 2019 levels off the back of record revenues, but that carriers now find themselves at very different points of the recovery cycle
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Week 41 2024: Will Spirit enter restructuring?
US low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines will be in the spotlight this week after stories last week suggested it might be on the verge of a bankruptcy filing
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Airline news digest: 28 September - 4 October 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Does improving air cargo performance indicate stucturally higher yields?
A tough 2023 for the air cargo sector led many stakeholders to predict another difficult year in 2024, but as the peak season approaches, this year appears to be turning out better than expected.
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Southwest counts on new red-eye flights and faster turns amid aircraft shortage
A host of customer-facing changes coming to Southwest Airlines are aimed at capturing more revenue from air travellers willing to pay premium prices for upgrades.