All articles by Lewis Harper
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Airline Business
Four days that brought high-flyers Delta and Ryanair back down to earth
A four-day period beginning 19 July reminded both carriers of the airline industry’s uncanny ability to rain on a parade.
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Airline Business
Air France-KLM drops pace during Olympics but stays on track
The European airline market continues to be an unusually diverse one in performance terms, with Air France-KLM the latest to offer a broadly positive view on underlying demand and yields through the rest of the year.
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Southwest to end 50 years of ‘open’ seating as it overhauls product
Southwest Airlines will end its signature “open” seating model and offer premium seating options as it seeks new revenue sources to address concerns around the business’s performance.
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EVA Air picks GEnx engines for latest 787-10s
Taiwanese carrier EVA Air has chosen GE Aerospace GEnx engines to power four incoming Boeing 787-10 widebodies.
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Airline Business
Why are EasyJet and Ryanair expressing such contrasting views on yields and demand?
With airline executives queuing up to report post-Covid ‘normalisation’ trends in yields and demand over the past few months, it comes as something of a surprise to hear a different narrative from EasyJet.
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Airbus confirms Berniq Airways order for A320neo-family jets
Berniq Airways has placed a firm order for six A320neo-family aircraft, Airbus confirmed during Farnborough air show on 23 July.
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Turkish Airlines details roll-out of in-house business-class suites
Turkish Airlines aims to begin rolling out its new business-class suites next year on 777s
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Everyone benefits from Air India no longer being ‘monster in middle’: CEO
Air India chief executive Campbell Wilson insists that the privatisation of the flag carrier means the country’s airlines are better positioned to take advantage of the huge growth potential in India
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Airline Business
Airlines around the world echo Ryanair’s comments on weaker fares
After Ryanair on 22 July outlined weaker-than-expected fares during its fiscal first quarter, carriers from around the world have confirmed that they are seeing similar trends.
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Cebu Pacific eyes ‘attractive markets’ as AirSWIFT talks continue
Cebu Pacific believes that an acquisition of compatriot AirSWIFT would give it access to “very attractive markets” as discussions over a deal continue.
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Cebu Pacific selling its two ATR freighters
Cebu Pacific is selling its two ATR freighters as its shifts back to an all-passenger fleet while continuing to serve the cargo market using belly capacity.
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Turkish Airlines close to Boeing order but no Farnborough announcement
Turkish Airlines is close to placing its highly telegraphed order for Boeing aircraft but is not expecting to announce anything at this year’s Farnborough air show.
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Airline chiefs insist SAF feedstock conundrum is solvable
The chief executives of three airlines from around the world have pushed back against suggestions that there will be insufficient raw material to feed the required ramp-up in the production of SAF.
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Airline leaders expect supply-chain challenges to persist for years
Global airline leaders are bracing for supply-chain challenges to last for at least another two years, as manufacturers struggle to meet demand from a growing industry.
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Airline Business
Week 30 2024: Farnborough air show and key earnings
This week is a particularly busy one for the global aviation sector, not least because the aerospace industry is gathering in the UK for the Farnborough air show
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Airline Business
How are airlines being affected by the global IT outage?
The global IT outage on 19 July thrust the airline sector into the spotlight as carriers worldwide grappled with associated challenges
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Airline Business
Back to ‘normal’ at Finnair as pent-up demand dissipates
Finnair is the latest carrier to acknowledge that something more akin to the pre-pandemic ‘normal’ is now setting in for European operators
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Finnair reports ‘normalisation’ of demand as quarterly profits drop
Finnair saw post-Covid pent-up demand largely dissipate during the second quarter of this year, hurting its profitability as unit revenues declined.
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Airline Business
Icelandair continues transatlantic pivot amid seismic uncertainty
As much as Icelandair Group has dismissed suggestions that seismic activity in the country should affect people’s willingness to travel to it, the impact of that situation was clear to see in the business’s latest earnings.
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Icelandair sees second-quarter profit fall as seismic activity hits demand
Icelandair Group eked out a small profit during the second quarter as it shifted more of its network towards lower-yielding transatlantic connections amid the impact of seismic activity on demand for travel to Iceland.