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Airline BusinessHow 2024 began and ended with airline safety in the spotlight
As 2025 begins, the airline industry is looking back on a year bookended by significant safety incidents.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 14-20 December 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessListen to the latest episode of the Airline Business Podcast
Hear Graham and Lewis’s thoughts on key issues in the global airline industry
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Airline BusinessIATA predicts air cargo volumes to rise 5.8% in 2025
Air cargo volumes are predicted by IATA to rise by 5.8% year on year to reach 72.5m tonnes in 2025, supported by e-commerce and Red Sea-related demand.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 7-13 December 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessWhat does Asiana acquisition mean for Korean Air?
With Korean Air finally completing its acquisition of compatriot Asiana Airlines, attention is turning to what the deal means for the carrier group and the wider airline sector.
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Airline BusinessEuropean airlines see route to 2% SAF useage but share anxiety on what comes next
Several European airlines have expressed cautious optimism about meeting near-term sustainable aviation fuel useage targets, but say much more needs to be done to incentivise production to meet medium-term targets, particuarly when it comes to second- and third-genreation feedstocks.
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Airline BusinessCan airlines and airports reset relationship over Heathrow charges?
While it is hardly uncommon for airlines and airports to be at odds on the issue of landing charges, few processes were as fractious or as drawn-out as the last round of regulated fees set for London Heathrow airport
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Airline BusinessBetter and worse: unpacking IATA’s latest airline industry profit forecast
When IATA released its latest industry forecasts on 10 December, eyes were on whether 2024’s global net profit performance would be downgraded
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Airline BusinessFrom triage to transformation: Campbell Wilson on Air India’s remarkable reinvention under Tata
From a snake-infested cabin crew facility to a dysfunctional email system that meant managers were using personal Gmail accounts to communicate, Campbell Wilson reels off the multiple challenges he confronted when he joined Air India months after its takeover by Tata Group in January 2022. Add to that an ageing ...
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 30 November - 6 December 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessFrontier continues ‘premiumisation’ push with planned first-class seats
Ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) Frontier Airlines is doubling down on its stategy of attracting more “premium” air travellers as it plans to introduce first-class seating next year.
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Airline BusinessAs acquisition wraps up, AirAsia outlines network strategy ‘set to rival Dubai’
As AirAsia X moves closer to completing its acquisition of sister company AirAsia, it has detailed a long-term network strategy that it hopes will rival the super-hubs of the Middle East.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 23-29 November 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessWill competition policy shift in Europe and USA?
Airline consolidation efforts in Europe and North America have faced a battle to overcome competition concerns among regulators, but could Spirit Airlines’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic prompt a change in approach?
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Airline BusinessListen to the latest episode of the Airline Business Podcast
Hear Graham and Lewis’s thoughts on key issues in the global airline industry by listening to the Airline Business Podcast. Airline Business Podcast The easiest way to listen to the podcast is to subscribe via your usual podcast app by searching for “Airline Business”. This will ...
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 15-22 November 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessWhat might new European Commission mean for airlines?
Delegates met at this year’s IATA-organised Wings of Change Europe conference in Rome at a pivotal point for policy in the region – and beyond – as the new European Commission readies to take office.
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Airline BusinessSpirit ‘still flying’ at outset of financial restructuring as liquidation warnings arise
As Spirit Airlines executes a long-foreshadowed decision to undergo financial restructuring, some analysts foresee short-term turbulence ahead for Spirit – and even the potential liquidation of its fleet
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Airline BusinessA year on, supply chain woes continue to haunt Asia-Pacific carriers
Airline leaders of several Asia-Pacific carriers have lamented a long-drawn battle against supply chain issues, calling for greater collaboration and for industry associations to “take up the issue”.