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Airline BusinessNorwegian learning to take the rough with the smooth
Norwegian’s latest earnings reflect a year in which cost pressures and growth constraints are continuing to counterbalance a largely positive demand picture.
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Airline BusinessAmerican turns course to focus on higher-yielding managed and corporate travel
American Airlines has begun to shift its distribution and sales strategy back to agencies and corporate buyers with the hope of boosting revenue earned from business travellers, after losing market share to industry peers.
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Airline BusinessUpbeat Icelandair seeing end of ‘irrational’ capacity as inbound recovers
Icelandair Group expects its profitability to improve in the final quarter of 2024 and into 2025 as its business transformation, a more ‘rational’ capacity situation and the return of inbound travellers boost fortunes
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Airline BusinessVolaris weathers Pratt GTF storm and expects continuity from new Mexican president
Mexican ultra low-cost carrier Volaris is digging itself out of a hole caused by Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan engine recall, shifting capacity into US markets, and expecting stability and continuation in aviation policy from the country’s new president
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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.
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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 12-18 October 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessAirline 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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Airline BusinessUnited 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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Airline BusinessBrazilian 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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Airline BusinessBreeze’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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Airline BusinessHow 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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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 5-11 October 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessDelta’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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Airline BusinessLatin 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 BusinessAirline 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 BusinessAirline 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 BusinessAirline 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 BusinessAirline 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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Airline BusinessAirline news digest: 28 September - 4 October 2024
Our regular rundown of the biggest airline stories from the past seven days
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Airline BusinessDoes 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.